Ezekiel 22:21

21 I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.

Ezekiel 22:21 in Other Translations

KJV
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
ESV
21 I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
NLT
21 I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you,
MSG
21 I'll blow on you with the fire of my wrath to melt you down in the furnace.
CSB
21 Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My fury, and you will be melted within the city.

Ezekiel 22:21 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:21

Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my
wrath
Not only gather them in wrath, as before; but blow upon them in wrath, which is often compared to fire in Scripture; and besides, the city and temple of Jerusalem were to be burnt, and were burnt with material fire, in consequence of God's displeasure against his people: and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof;
of the city of Jerusalem; be destroyed by one judgment or another in it; or perish in the conflagration of it.

Ezekiel 22:21 In-Context

19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
20 As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.
21 I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.
22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath on you.’ ”
23 Again the word of the LORD came to me:

Cross References 2

  • 1. Isaiah 40:7; Haggai 1:9
  • 2. Psalms 68:2; Ezekiel 21:31
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