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tongue of fire
"flame of fire" or "flame"
as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame
These phrases mean basically the same thing. God will punish the people described in 5:18-23 as a fire that completely and easily burns up dead grass. Alternate translation: "as a fire burns up stubble and grass" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
stubble
"dry grain stalks." This refers to the part of the plant that is left in the garden to die after the farmer collects the food.
their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust
Isaiah compares those people to 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/translate/figs-metaphor)