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Psalms 97:3 Cross-References
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“A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.”
Psalms 97:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 97:3
Fire going before God symbolizes His holiness consuming impurity and His judgment against sin. The verb 'burneth up' (lahat) indicates complete consumption. This imagery recalls the pillar of fire, Elijah's altar, and anticipates eschatological judgment. God's enemies being consumed demonstrates that opposition to Him is futile. The fire represents both God's zeal for His own glory and His active judgment against evil—He is not passive but dynamically opposes wickedness.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 97:3
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“and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.”
“There went up a smoke out of his nostrils”
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
“that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.,For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch., כִּי־הִנֵּה הַיּוֹם בָּא בֹּעֵר כַּתַּנּוּר וְהָיוּ כָל־זֵדִים וְכָל־עֹשֵׂה רִשְׁעָה קַשׁ וְלִהַט אֹתָם הַיּוֹם הַבָּא אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יַעֲזֹב לָהֶם שֹׁרֶשׁ וְעָנָף׃ ,For, behold, the day cometh, It burneth as a furnace; And all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; And the day that cometh shall set them ablaze, Saith the LORD of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.,3:19 διότι ἰδοὺ ἡμέρα κυρίου ἔρχεται καιομένη ὡς κλίβανος καὶ φλέξει αὐτούς καὶ ἔσονται πάντες οἱ ἀλλογενεῖς καὶ πάντες οἱ ποιοῦντες ἄνομα καλάμη καὶ ἀνάψει αὐτοὺς ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ ἐρχομένη λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπολειφθῇ ἐξ αὐτῶν ῥίζα οὐδὲ κλῆμα,For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch.,,,,”
“and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus”
“and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set”
“Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.”
“Burns to the lowest Sheol”
“and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence”
“and pestilence followed his feet.”