The fire from God consumes the wicked; their ashes remain as a testament to justice fulfilled.
Ref: Isa. 47:14; Mal. 4:3; 2 Pet. 2:6; Rev. 20:9, 21:8
By Thomas J. Allen, © 2025
They rose in pride, they cursed His name —
They built their thrones in smoke and flame.
They mocked the truth, they loved the lie —
Now fire rains down from the sky.
No armies stand, no shelters last —
Their kingdoms crumble, burned and passed.
No sorcery, no strength, no spell —
Can save the wicked bound for hell.
The wicked turned to ash — beneath our feet,
The fire consumes, their end complete.
Like Sodom's fate, their cities fall —
Devoured by flame, no hope at all.
The Judge has spoken, the sky ignites —
The wicked fall... in endless night.
The heavens blaze with holy wrath —
Consuming all who miss the path.
Their gold, their fame — it cannot buy
Escape from fire falling high.
The Lamb has come, the Bride is crowned —
The rest are ash upon the ground.
You shall tread them — cold and still,
As ashes shaped by sovereign will.
As Sodom burned, so shall this age —
Engulfed in wrath, in fire, in rage.
"They shall be... as stubble..."
"The fire shall burn them... they shall not deliver themselves..."
"And the wicked... shall be ashes under the soles of your feet..."
"Fire came down... and devoured them..."
"This is the second death."
The wicked turned to ash — by holy flame,
Their legacies lost, erased their name.
The righteous stand, their faith refined —
While evil crumbles, judged in time.
The lake of fire, their final breath —
A crown of wrath, a throne of death.
"Ashes under your feet..."
"Sodom... reduced to ruin..."
"Fire from Heaven... devoured them..."
"And the fearful... the unbelieving... the abominable..."
"...shall have their part... in the lake of fire..."
Isaiah 47:14 (KJV):
"Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it."
Malachi 4:3 (KJV):
"And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."
2 Peter 2:6 (KJV):
"And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;"
Revelation 20:9 (KJV):
"And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."
Revelation 21:8 (KJV):
"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
Sources: King James Version (KJV – Holy Bible)