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Ezekiel 20:47

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.

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ASV

and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.

KJV

And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

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32 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
לְיַ֣עַרle.Ya.'arto [the] forest ofH3293 →
הַנֶּ֔גֶבha.Ne.gevthe southH5045 →
שְׁמַ֖עshe.Ma'hearH8085 →
דְּבַר־de.var-[the] word ofH1697 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֡הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
הִנְנִ֣יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
מַֽצִּית־ma.tzit-[am] about to kindleH3341 →
בְּךָ֣׀be.Khain you
אֵ֡שׁ'esha fireH784 →
וְאָכְלָ֣הve.'a.khe.Lahand it will consumeH398 →
בְךָ֣ve.Khain you
כָל־khol-everyH3605 →
עֵֽץ־'etz-treeH6086 →
לַח֩lachmoistH3892 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
עֵ֨ץ'etztreeH6086 →
יָבֵ֤שׁya.VeshdryH3002 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תִכְבֶּה֙tikh.Behit will be extinguishedH3518 →
לַהֶ֣בֶתla.He.vet[the] flame ofH3852 →
שַׁלְהֶ֔בֶתshal.He.vetflameH7957 →
וְנִצְרְבוּ־ve.nitz.re.vu-and they will be scorchedH6866 →
בָ֥הּvahby it
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
פָּנִ֖יםpa.NimfacesH6440 →
מִנֶּ֥גֶבmi.Ne.gevfrom [the] southH5045 →
צָפֽוֹנָה׃tza.Fo.nah[the] north towardsH6828 →

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Jeremiah 21:14I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”Ezekiel 21:4Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.Isaiah 24:1–6Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—Luke 23:31For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”Ezekiel 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”Isaiah 9:18–19For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.Ezekiel 21:10it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.Ezekiel 19:14Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”Ezekiel 21:3–4and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.Ezekiel 15:6–7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.Isaiah 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”Mark 9:43–49If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.Ezekiel 22:20–21Just 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.Isaiah 13:8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.Ezekiel 21:15So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.Ezekiel 24:5Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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