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Smoke associated with the divine presence

Exodus 19:18; Isaiah 6:4 See also Exodus 20:18; Psalm 104:32; Psalm 144:5; Isaiah 4:5; Revelation 15:8

Smoke associated with divine judgment

Isaiah 9:18-19 See also Genesis 15:17; Genesis 19:28 the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; 2 Samuel 22:9 pp Psalm 18:8; Isaiah 30:27; Isaiah 34:10; Joel 2:30; Nahum 2:13; Acts 2:19; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 18:9,18; Revelation 19:3

Smoke associated with the offering of incense

Leviticus 16:13 See also Revelation 8:4

Smoke associated with warfare

Joshua 8:20-21; Judges 20:38,40

Smoke used poetically

For something insubstantial

Hosea 13:3 See also Psalm 37:20; Psalm 68:2; Isaiah 51:6

In various other ways

Proverbs 10:26 See also Job 41:20; Psalm 119:83; Songs 3:6; Isaiah 14:31; Isaiah 65:5; Revelation 9:2-3,17-18

See also

1670  symbols
4318  coal
4805  clouds
4826  fire