Isaiah 1:31
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And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.

the strong

Ezekiel 32:21 The most mighty among the strong ones shall speak to him from the midst of hell, they that went down with his helpers and slept uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

as tow

Isaiah 27:4 There is no indignation in me: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall I march against it, shall, I set it on fire together?

Isaiah 43:17 Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.

Isaiah 50:11 Behold all you that kindle a fire, encompassed with flames, walk in the light of your fire, and in the flames which you have kindled: this is done to you by my hand, you shall sleep in sorrows.

Judges 15:14 Now when he was come to the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines shouting went to meet him, the Spirit of the Lord came strongly upon him: and as flax is wont to be consumed at the approach of fire, so the bands with which he was bound were broken and loosed.

Revelation 6:14-17 And the heaven departed as a book folded up. And every mountain, and the islands, were moved out of their places. . . .

the maker of it.

Isaiah 34:9,10 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the ground thereof into brimstone: and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. . . .

Isaiah 66:24 And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.

Ezekiel 20:47,48 And say to the south forest: Hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face shall be burned in it, from the south even to the north. . . .

Malachi 4:1 For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

Matthew 3:10 For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.

Mark 9:43-49 And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire: . . .

Revelation 14:10,11 He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mingled with pure wine in the cup of his wrath: and shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb. . . .

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 20:10 And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Context
The Corruption of Zion
30When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water. 31And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.
Cross References
Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

Mark 9:43
And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire:

Isaiah 4:4
If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the daughters of Sion, and shall wash away the blood of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 9:19
By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is troubled, and the people shall be as fuel for the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

Isaiah 24:6
Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.

Isaiah 26:11
Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.

Isaiah 33:11
You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.

Isaiah 34:10
Night and day it shall not be quenched, the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste, none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

Isaiah 43:17
Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.

Isaiah 66:17
They that were sanctified, thought themselves clean in the gardens behind the gate within, they that did eat swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 66:24
And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.

Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus saith the Lord: Judge ye judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is oppressed by violence out of the hand of the oppressor: lest my indignation go forth like a fire, and be kindled, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your ways.

Lexicon
The strong man
הֶחָסֹן֙ (he·ḥā·sōn)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2634: Powerful

will become
וְהָיָ֤ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

tinder
לִנְעֹ֔רֶת (lin·‘ō·reṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5296: Something shaken out, tow

and his work
וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ (ū·p̄ō·‘ă·lōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6467: Doing, deed, work

[will be] a spark;
לְנִיצ֑וֹץ (lə·nî·ṣō·wṣ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5213: A spark

both
שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם (šə·nê·hem)
Number - mdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

will burn
וּבָעֲר֧וּ (ū·ḇā·‘ă·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

together,
יַחְדָּ֖ו (yaḥ·dāw)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3162: A unit, unitedly

with no one
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

to quench the flames.
מְכַבֶּֽה׃ (mə·ḵab·beh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3518: To be quenched or extinguished, to go out


Additional Translations
The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.And the strong shall be as wick, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burnt up together, and there shall be none to quench them.

And the strong shall be for tow, and his work a spark; and they shall both burn together, and there shall be none to quench [them].

And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them."

And the strong hath been for tow, And his work for a spark, And burned have both of them together, And there is none quenching!
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