Ezekiel 21:31

31 And I will pour out my anger on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and I will give you into [the] hand of brutal men, skilled craftsmen of destruction.

Ezekiel 21:31 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:31

And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee
Like a mighty flood, which should sweep them away for their sins and transgressions; and particularly for their reproaches of God and his people, which caused his indignation to rise, and him to pour it out upon them in such a manner: I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath;
as men put metal into a furnace, and then blow upon it, in order to melt it, and consume the dross; and which fire, so blown, is exceeding fierce and very consuming; who can stand against such a blast as that of the wrath of God, not only kindled, but blown with his breath like a stream of brimstone? and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men;
or "burners" ^F24; that burn with fierce anger, barbarous and inhuman, that would show no mercy nor compassion, such were the Chaldeans, ( Habakkuk 1:6-8 ) : and skilful to destroy;
though like brutes or beasts of prey for their cruelty; yet, like men, rational, cunning, and artful to devise ways and means to destroy men; well versed in the art of war; and thoroughly learned in all the lessons and methods of violence and destruction.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (Myreb) "ardentium", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus; "urentium", so some in Vatablus.

Ezekiel 21:31 In-Context

29 when seeing a false vision for you in vain, when practicing divination for you falsely, to give you on [the] neck of [the] profane ones of [the] wicked, {whose day has come}, {the time of final punishment}.

30 Return it to its sheath in [the] place where you were created. In the land of your origin I will judge you!

31 And I will pour out my anger on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and I will give you into [the] hand of brutal men, skilled craftsmen of destruction.

32 You will be as fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the earth. You will not be remembered, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken.'"