Ezekiel 22:21
19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
20 Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.
Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.
22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”
23 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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
- Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.
- KJV
- Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
- WEB
- Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in the middle of it.
- ASV
- Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
- DARBY
- Yea, I will collect you, and blow upon you the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
- BLB
- And I will gather you⁺ and will blow on you⁺ with the fire of My wrath, and you⁺ will be melted in its midst.
- ÅB
- Ja, jeg vil samle dere og blåse på dere med min vredes ild, og dere skal smeltes i den;
- OTB
- Jeg vil samle dere og blåse på dere med min vredes ild, og dere vil bli smeltet inne i henne.
- B1930
- Ja, jeg vil samle eder og blåse på eder med min vredes ild, og I skal smeltes i den;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 4:24
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Read in contextPsalms 21:9
You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:47–48
Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:7
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
Read in contextPsalms 68:2
As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:7
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
Read in contextIsaiah 64:2
as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
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