Ezekiel 20:45

45 Then this message came to me from the LORD :

Ezekiel 20:45 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:45

Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] Or the word of prophecy, as the Targum. Here begins a new prophecy, and most properly a new chapter should here begin; for the next chapter is of the same argument with this, and an explanation of it, and an enlargement upon it. And here Ben Melech begins one; and so Junius and Tremellius, Piscator, and Castalio.

Ezekiel 20:45 In-Context

43 You will look back on all the ways you defiled yourselves and will hate yourselves because of the evil you have done.

44 You will know that I am the LORD, O people of Israel, when I have honored my name by treating you mercifully in spite of your wickedness. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

45 Then this message came to me from the LORD :

46 “Son of man, turn and face the south and speak out against it; prophesy against the brushlands of the Negev.

47 Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Hear the word of the LORD ! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north.

Footnotes

• [a] Verses 20:45-49 are numbered 21:1-5 in Hebrew text.