The most obvious meaning is the judgment of God.
There's a 'finality' to 'judgement' that really doesn't fit here, I think. I did a word search of "fire" NEAR "judgement" and come up with nothing.
People,their works, and sins are judged.
Yea, and GOD'S people too! (but not eternally)
A word study.....a biblical theological study, checking OT./NT...is in order for starters...I will work on this checking for those times the word is used in reference to the many Day of the Lord's found in scripture.
I did a couple other word searches::
20 As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow
the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in
mine anger and in
my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with
the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
22 As silver is melted in the midst of
the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have poured out
my wrath upon you. Ezek 22
9 Thou wilt make them
as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in
his wrath, And
the fire shall devour them. Ps 21
5 How long, O Jehovah? wilt
thou be angry for ever? Shall
thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out
thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name. Ps 79
46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall
thy wrath burn like fire? Ps 89
4 Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest
my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. Jer 4
12 O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest
my wrath go forth like fire, and
burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. Jer 21
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down
in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in
fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And
he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out
his wrath like fire. Lam 2
31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with
the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ezek 21
19 For in
my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; Ezek 38
6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in
the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him. Nahum 1
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God;
They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For
a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains. Dt 32
1 And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it,
his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and
Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated.
3 And the name of that place was called Taberah, because
the fire of Jehovah burnt among them.
10 And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and
the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
33 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed,
the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague. Nu 11
21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And
a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel; Ps 78
27 Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as
a devouring fire;
30 And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with
the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones. Isa 30
14 And I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for
a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. Jer 15
14 And I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for
a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. Jer 17
12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith
Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
13 From on high hath
he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day. Lam 1
11 Jehovah hath accomplished
his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof. Lam 4
10 he also shall drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of
his anger; and he shall be tormented with
fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: Rev 14
