Ezekiel 22:21
in Ezekiel 22Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
KJV
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
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This verse in Ezekiel 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseYea, 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.
This site's exposition
the word of the Lord came unto me, saying
on Ezekiel 22:17-22
The house of Israel becomes dross in the Lord's furnace. Keil reads the figure against actual metallurgy, dross is what refining is meant to remove. Fairbairn notes the coming siege is pictured in advance under this same figure, the city gathered and blown upon in the fire of my wrath.
This site's exposition
blow on you with the fire of My wrath
Gill reads the blowing as wrath stirring the fire hotter, and notes that the city and the temple were burned with real fire. Second Kings 25:9 records the burning of the house of the LORD, the palace and every great house. The figure became literal.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 17 seqq.) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, the house of Israel has become like dross to me. All of them, copper, tin, iron, and lead, are in the midst of the furnace; they have become silver dross. Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become like dross, behold, I will gather you in the midst of Jerusalem as a gathering of silver, copper, iron, tin, and lead in the midst of the furnace, to kindle a fire in it for melting.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
All orders and degrees of men among them are here found guilty of the neglect of the duty of their place and of having contributed to the national guilt, which therefore, since none appeared as intercessors, they must all expect to share in the punishment of,
The blowing of the fire makes a great noise, so will the judgments of God upon Jerusalem. When God stirs up himself to execute judgments upon a provoking people, from the consideration of his own glory and the necessity of making some examples, then he may be said to blow the fire of his wrath against sin and sinners, to heat the furnace seven times hotter.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִנַּסְתִּ֣י | vekhinasti | and I will gather | H3664 → | |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְנָפַחְתִּ֥י | venafachti | and I will blow | H5301 → | 12 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בְּאֵ֣שׁ | beesh | with [the] fire of | H784 → | 378 times |
| עֶבְרָתִ֑י | ʾevrati | wrath my | H5678 → | 34 times |
| וְנִתַּכְתֶּ֖ם | venitakhtem | and you will be melted | H5413 → | 21 times |
| בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ | betokhah | in [the] midst of it | H8432 → | 418 times |
וְכִנַּסְתִּ֣יand I will gather
vekhinastiH3664 →
אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
וְנָפַחְתִּ֥יand I will blow
venafachtiH5301 →12 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֖םon you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
בְּאֵ֣שׁwith [the] fire of
beeshH784 →378 times
עֶבְרָתִ֑יwrath my
ʾevratiH5678 →34 times
וְנִתַּכְתֶּ֖םand you will be melted
venitakhtemH5413 →21 times
בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃in [the] midst of it
betokhahH8432 →418 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 68:2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
it leads to
- Micah 1:4
The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
- Micah 1:4
Through
Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot…
it leads to
- Psalms 74:1
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalms 74:1
Through
Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 58:7–8
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
- Job 8:13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
- Luke 13:28
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
- Proverbs 10:28
Through
Isaiah 64:2as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
it leads to
- Psalms 99:1
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
- Psalms 99:1
Through
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.
it leads to
- Lamentations 4:11
The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
- Lamentations 4:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.