⁴⁷ and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh: thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to ^(A)kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every ^[a]green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched, and ^[b](B)the whole surface from south to north will be scorched by it. ⁴⁸ And all flesh will see that I, Yahweh, have made it burn; it shall ^(C)not be quenched.”’”

The Great Day of Yahweh

4 “^[a]For behold, the day is coming, ^(A)burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every worker of wickedness will be ^(B)chaff; and the day that is coming will ^(C)set them aflame,” says Yahweh of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”