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# General Information:
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Yahweh threatens to destroy the evil people of [Isaiah 5:18-23](../05/18.md).
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# tongue of fire
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"flame of fire" or "flame"
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# stubble ... chaff
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"Stubble" and "chaff" are the useless parts of the food grain plant. During harvest they are dry and so burn easily. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# stubble
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The dry pieces of plants that are left in the ground after the stalks have been cut.
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# chaff
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or "dry grass"
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# their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust
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Isaiah speaks of these people as if they were a dying plant. Alternate translation: "they will die like a plant whose roots have rotted and whose blossom has dried up and blown away in the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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