Psalms 83:14,15

As fire that consumeth a forest,

And as flame that burneth up mountains;

So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest,

And dismay them with thy hurricane.

God's wrath is a fiery blast which at once kindles and fans the flame (Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:27; Isaiah 30:30; Isaiah 30:33), and pursues and consumes His enemies like a fire in the forest or on the mountains. "Before the rains came," says Thomson (Land and Book, p. 341), "this whole mountain side was in a blaze. Thorns and briars grow so luxuriantly here that they must be burned off always before the plough can operate. The peasants watch for a high wind, and then the fire catches easily, and spreads with great rapidity." Cp. Isaiah 10:16-19; Jeremiah 21:14.