Ezekiel 15:7

Judgment

⁵ Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!

⁶ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.

And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

⁸ Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
KJV: And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
WEB: I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
ASV: And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.
DARBY: And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah when I set my face against them.
BLB: And I will set My face against them; from the fire they will come out, and the fire will devour them! And you⁺ will know that I [am] YHWH, in My setting My face against them.

ÅB: Jeg vil sette mitt åsyn imot dem; de har sloppet ut av ilden, men ilden skal fortære dem, og dere skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, når jeg setter mitt åsyn imot dem.
OTB: Jeg vil vende mitt ansikt mot dem. Selv om de har kommet ut av ilden, vil ilden fortsatt fortære dem. Og dere skal vite at jeg er Herren når jeg vender mitt ansikt mot dem.
B1930: Jeg vil sette mitt åsyn imot dem; de har sloppet ut av ilden, men ilden skal fortære dem, og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, når jeg setter mitt åsyn imot dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 14:8
I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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Isaiah 24:18
Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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Amos 9:1–4
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
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Psalms 34:16
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
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1 Kings 19:17
Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
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Ezekiel 6:7
The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
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Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
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Leviticus 26:17
And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
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