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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Chaff
Chaff is the husk of corn or wheat which was separated from the grain
by being thrown into the air, the wind blowing away the chaff, while the
grain was saved. The carrying away of chaff by the wind is an ordinary
scriptural image of the destruction of the wicked and of their
powerlessness to resist God's judgments. (Psalms 1:4; Isaiah 17:13;
Hosea 13:3; Zephaniah 2:2)
It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word
sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff
is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False
doctrines are also called chaff (Jer. 23:28), or more correctly rendered
"chopped straw." The destruction of the wicked, and their
powerlessness, are likened to the carrying away of chaff by the wind (Isa.
17:13; Hos. 13:3; Zeph. 2:2).
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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