fiery furnace
Extremely hot chamber
A fiery furnace is an enclosed space of extreme heat, most famously the one in the biblical Book of Daniel where Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego survived divine execution by fire.
The phrase evokes intense trial or punishment: The scandal threw the candidate into a fiery furnace of public scrutiny.
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
purification · divine intervention · resilience · incinerator · faith · redemption · deliverance · Nebuchadnezzar · Shadrach · Book of Daniel · burning hot · perseverance · judgment · courage · transformation · martyrdom · trial by fire · heat
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
- Biblical imageryLamb of God, Good Shepherd, bread of life, light of the world, living water
- biblical miracleswalking on water, water into wine, raising Lazarus, calming the storm, loaves and fishes
- Biblical ObjectsArk of the Covenant, Ten Commandments, stone tablets, manna, burning bush
- biblical punishmentsplagues, stoning, banishment, pestilence, destruction
- Hellhellfire, brimstone, lake of fire, eternal fire, perdition
fiery furnacedeep freeze
Intense prolonged cold
ice box · frozen tundra · glacier · permafrost · cold storage
fiery furnacegentle warmth
cool breeze · temperate climate · cozy fireplace · soft glow · soothing balm
fiery furnaceGarden of Eden
Biblical first home
paradise · heaven · promised land · Elysium · still waters
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