Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Thereat, to warm themselves, (Haydock) or to adore. (Calmet)
In Cappadocia are to be seen "Pyratheia.in which the magi keep a perpetual fire, and sing hymns about the space of an hour. "(Strabo xv.)
These were a sort of open temples. (Calmet)