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Barnes' Notes on Psalms 83:14

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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As the fire burneth a wood ... - The same idea is here presented under another form. No image of desolation is more fearful than that of fire raging in a forest; or of fire on the mountains. As trees and shrubs and grass fall before such a flame, so the prayer is, that they who had combined against the people of God might be swept away by his just displeasure. return to 'Top of Page'
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