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  Bono's Bible | Biblical Allusions in U2 Songs

THE 
UNFORGETTABLE 
​FIRE

Walk on by
Walk on through
Walk till you run and don't look back
For here I am
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord your God…. Do not be afraid, for I am with you… Isaiah 43:2-5 NIV
Carnival, the wheels fly and the colours spin through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin
Wine when it is red.... bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. Your eyes will see strange sights, and... confusing things. Proverbs 23:31-33 NIV
Face to face
Moses: "There on the mountain the Lord spoke to you face-to-face from the fire." Deuteronomy 5:4 GNB
In a dry and waterless place
Moses: "In that dry and waterless land he made water flow out of solid rock for you." Deuteronomy 8:15 GNB
 
O God, you are my God, and I long for you. My whole being desires you; like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land, my soul is thirsty for you. Psalm 63:1 GNB

Jesus: "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none." Matthew 12:43 KJV see also Luke 11:24
 
Jesus: “Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it." Matthew 12:43 NASB see also Luke 11:24
And if the mountains should crumble or disappear into the sea
And so we need not fear even if the world blows up and the mountains crumble into the sea. Psalm 46:2 TLB
 
Job: "But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place" Job 14:18 NRSV
 
God: "You will thresh mountains and destroy them; hills will crumble into dust." Isaiah 41:15 GNB
 
God: "The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end..." Isaiah 54:10 GNB
 
God: "Mountains will fall, cliffs will crumble, and every wall will collapse." Ezekiel 38:20 GNB

#Bono: “Walk on by, walk on through, walk till you run and don’t look back, for here I am” #Isaiah: “Should you walk through fire, you will not suffer, and the flame will not burn you. For I am Yahweh... Do not be afraid, for I am with you.” 43:2-5 NJB #U2 pic.twitter.com/JZQssCqMIG

— Bono’s Bible (@BonosBible) July 18, 2021

#Bono: “Carnival, the wheels fly and the colours spin through alcohol / RED WINE that PUNCTURES the skin” #Proverbs: “WINE when it is RED.... BITES like a snake and poisons like a viper. Your eyes will see strange sights, and... confusing things.” 23:31-33 NIV #U2 pic.twitter.com/Dxo2G8OLMe

— Bono’s Bible (@BonosBible) July 10, 2019

#Bono: “Red WINE that PUNCTURES the SKIN. Face to face in a dry and waterless place” #Jesus: “And no one puts new WINE into old WINESKINS; otherwise the WINE will BURST the SKINS, and the WINE is lost and the SKINS as well” Mark 2:22 NASB #U2

Special thanks to @sarahdwoods pic.twitter.com/9qBrFwim1q

— Bono’s Bible (@BonosBible) February 13, 2021

#Bono: “FACE TO FACE in a DRY AND WATERLESS place” #Deuteronomy: “There on the mountain the Lord spoke to you FACE-TO-FACE from the FIRE” / “In that DRY AND WATERLESS land he made water flow out of solid rock for you.” 5:4 & 8:15 GNB #U2 pic.twitter.com/OH6WS2a2qW

— Bono’s Bible (@BonosBible) October 15, 2020

#Bono: “Face to face in a DRY AND WATERLESS place... Come on take me home, home again”#Psalm: “My whole being desires you; like a DRY... AND WATERLESS land, my soul is thirsty for you.” 63:1 TEV/GNT #U2 pic.twitter.com/7kvwkU143l

— Bono’s Bible (@BonosBible) February 15, 2020

#Bono: “AND IF THE MOUNTAINS should CRUMBLE or disappear INTO THE SEA”#Psalm: “AND so we need not fear even IF THE world blows up and the MOUNTAINS CRUMBLE INTO THE SEA.” 46:2 TLB #U2 pic.twitter.com/p9fnJ1pmNR

— Bono’s Bible (@BonosBible) January 13, 2020

PSALM 46 — A #U2 Psalm
(with extra lyrics)

“Even if... the mountains (should) crumble (or disappear) into the sea...
(kingdoms rise and) kingdoms fall...
He says, ‘(Woman) Be still, and know that I am God’ (cease to speak that I may speak, [#Bono] shush now)” ? 46:2-10 TLB/NIV pic.twitter.com/LLKUAaEuEk

— Bono’s Bible (@BonosBible) August 14, 2021
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