² tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”

² tn Or “burning sulfur” (the traditional “fire and brimstone”).

² tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”

¹ tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

² tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

¹ tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

² tn Heb “shall be burned with fire”; KJV “shall be burnt in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in contemporary English the present translation simply has “must be burned up.”

² tn Heb “they shall burn with fire”; KJV “burn in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in contemporary English the present translation simply has “must be burned up.”

⁴ tn L&N 79.33 states, “‘fiery red’…. One may also render ‘fiery red’ as ‘red like fire’ or ‘the color of fire.’”

⁴ tn The Hebrew text expands the statement: “burn up with fire.” The words “with fire” are redundant in English and have been omitted from the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.

³ tn The Hebrew text just has “fire,” but it would be hard to conceive of this action apart from the idea of coals of fire.

² tn Heb “on the wood, which is on the fire, which is on the altar.” Cf. NIV84 “on the burning wood”; NLT “on the wood fire.”

² tn The Greek term is γλώσσαις (glōssais), the same word used for the tongues of fire.

³ tn Grk “they gather them up and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.”

⁶ sn Fire in this context is OT imagery; see Isa 66:24.

¹ tn Heb “and all her prostitute’s wages will be burned with fire.”

⁴ tn Heb “a flame has set ablaze.” This fire was one of the effects of the drought.

³ tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

⁷ tn Or “He burned against Jacob as a raging fire consumes all around.”