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see
"look" or "listen" or "pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
the day is coming, burning like a furnace
The disaster occurring at this time is spoken of as if the day itself were burning. God's judgment is often spoken of as if it were a fire.
all the arrogant and all the evildoers will become stubble
"all the arrogant and all the evildoers will burn up like dry plants"
The day that is coming will burn them up
"On that day I will burn them up"
it will leave them neither root nor branch
"nothing will be left"