“Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.””

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.