Ezekiel 21:31
in Ezekiel 21I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
KJV
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
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This verse in Ezekiel 21
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWhen we speak to people about their souls we should study plainness, and express ourselves as we may be the best understood. Christ expounded his parables to his disciples, Mark iv. The prophet is here more plainly directed against whom to level the arrow of this prophecy.
This site's exposition
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath
on Ezekiel 21:30-32
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath answers its own question, the sword will not be sheathed until it has done its work. The Lord promises to judge Ammon in the place where thou wast created. Thou shalt be no more remembered closes the oracle.
This site's exposition
brutal men, skilled in destruction
The fire of fury is fanned by God's own breath. Henry wrote that one drop of divine wrath brings anguish enough, and here it is poured out in full. Clarke dated the fall of Ammon to about five years after Jerusalem was taken.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 28 and following) And you, son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord God to the sons of Ammon and to their disgrace. And you shall say: Sword, sword, draw yourself out for slaughter: hone yourself to kill and to shine. Although they seem vain to you and their divinations are lies, so that you may be given over to the necks of the wicked wounded, whose appointed day has come in the time of iniquity. Return to your sheath, in the place where you were created: in the land of your birth I will judge you.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The least drop of divine indignation and wrath will create tribulation and anguish enough to the soul of man that does evil; what then would a full stream of that indignation and wrath do? " I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath; that is, I will blow up the fire of my wrath against thee; it shall burn with the utmost vehemence." Thou shalt be for fuel to this fire,
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֤י | veshafakhti | and I will pour out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ | ʾalayikh | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| זַעְמִ֔י | za'mi | indignation my | H2195 → | 22 times |
| בְּאֵ֥שׁ | beesh | with [the] fire of | H784 → | 378 times |
| עֶבְרָתִ֖י | ʾevrati | wrath my | H5678 → | 34 times |
| אָפִ֣יחַ | ʾafiach | I will blow | H6315 → | |
| עָלָ֑יִךְ | ʾalayikh | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וּנְתַתִּ֗יךְ | unetatikh | and I will give you | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּיַד֙ | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֲנָשִׁ֣ים | ʾanashim | men | H582 → | 566 times |
| בֹּֽעֲרִ֔ים | boarim | brutish | H1197 → | 94 times |
| חָרָשֵׁ֖י | charashei | craftsmen of | H2796 → | |
| מַשְׁחִֽית׃ | mashchit | destruction | H4889 → | 12 times |
וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֤יand I will pour out
veshafakhtiH8210 →114 times
עָלַ֙יִךְ֙on you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
זַעְמִ֔יindignation my
za'miH2195 →22 times
בְּאֵ֥שׁwith [the] fire of
beeshH784 →378 times
עֶבְרָתִ֖יwrath my
ʾevratiH5678 →34 times
אָפִ֣יחַI will blow
ʾafiachH6315 →
עָלָ֑יִךְon you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
וּנְתַתִּ֗יךְand I will give you
unetatikhH5414 →2011 times
בְּיַד֙in [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
אֲנָשִׁ֣יםmen
ʾanashimH582 →566 times
בֹּֽעֲרִ֔יםbrutish
boarimH1197 →94 times
חָרָשֵׁ֖יcraftsmen of
charasheiH2796 →
מַשְׁחִֽית׃destruction
mashchitH4889 →12 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 18:15The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
it leads to
- Psalms 106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Micah 6:2
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
- Psalms 106:9
Through
Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you…
it leads to
- Haggai 1:4
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
- Haggai 1:4
Through
Ezekiel 7:8Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 14:19
Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
- Ezekiel 9:8
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
- Isaiah 42:25
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to…
- Nahum 1:6
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
- Ezekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I…
- Ezekiel 14:19
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.