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# they will become like stubble. The fire will burn them up
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Yahweh compares the magicians and sorcerers to straw that burns quickly in a fire. This means that Yahweh will destroy them as easily as fire burns stubble, and so they are powerless to save Babylon.
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# the hand of the flame
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"the power of the flame"
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# There are no coals to warm them and no fire for them to sit by
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Yahweh emphasizes that this is a destructive fire by stating that it is not one that people will use to warm themselves.
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