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Luke 3:17
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Luke 3:17
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17 His winnowing fork[a] is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse,[b] but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”[c]
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- Luke 3:17 sn A winnowing fork is a pitchfork-like tool used to toss threshed grain in the air so that the wind blows away the chaff, leaving the grain to fall to the ground. The note of purging is highlighted by the use of imagery involving sifting though threshed grain for the useful kernels.
- Luke 3:17 tn Or “granary,” “barn” (referring to a building used to store a farm’s produce rather than a building for housing livestock).
- Luke 3:17 sn The image of fire that cannot be extinguished is from the OT: Job 20:26; Isa 34:8-10; 66:24.
Luke 3:17
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Luke 3:17
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17 His winnowing fork(A) is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(B)
Isaiah 66:24
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Isaiah 66:24
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24 “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die,[a] and the fire that consumes them will not die out.[b] All people will find the sight abhorrent.”[c]
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- Isaiah 66:24 tn Heb “for their worm will not die.”
- Isaiah 66:24 tn Heb “and their fire will not be extinguished.”
- Isaiah 66:24 tn Heb “and they will be an abhorrence to all flesh.”sn This verse depicts a huge mass burial site where the seemingly endless pile of maggot-infested corpses are being burned.
Isaiah 66:24
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Isaiah 66:24
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24 “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies(A) of those who rebelled(B) against me; the worms(C) that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched,(D) and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
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