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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 83:14	King James	As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Pursue them to an utter destruction.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Pursue them to an utter destruction.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The mountains - The woods upon the mountains, which in those hot countries, when they have once taken fire, burn with irresistible violence.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The mountains - The woods upon the mountains, which in those hot countries, when they have once taken fire, burn with irresistible violence.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The flame setteth the mountains on fire - This may refer to the burning of the straw and chaff, after the grain was threshed and winnowed. And as their threshing-floors were situated often on the hills or mountains, to take the advantage of the wind, the setting the mountains on fire may refer to the burning of the chaff, etc., in those places. Let them be like stubble driven away by the wind, and burnt by the fire.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The flame setteth the mountains on fire - This may refer to the burning of the straw and chaff, after the grain was threshed and winnowed. And as their threshing-floors were situated often on the hills or mountains, to take the advantage of the wind, the setting the mountains on fire may refer to the burning of the chaff, etc., in those places. Let them be like stubble driven away by the wind, and burnt by the fire.

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