Ezekiel 22:21

Listen to Ezekiel 22:21
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.

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.

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Ezekiel 22:21 In-Context

19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
20 As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.
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.
22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; I have poured out my wrath upon you. ”
23 And the word of the Lord came to me:
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