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Ezekiel 15:7
And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord speaks through Ezekiel to the exiled community concerning Jerusalem’s impending judgment. This declaration immediately follows the metaphor of Jerusalem as worthless vine wood already destined for the fire.
The words — The phrase נָתַתִּי פָנַי (na.tati pa.nai) literally means "I will set My face," signaling directed hostility. The verb יָצָאוּ (ya.tza'u) translates to "they have come out," describing a failed escape from the initial burning.
The thread — The motif of God setting His face against people appears in Ezekiel 14:8 and Psalm 34:16. The pattern of futile escape and inescapable fire aligns with the judgment sequence in Isaiah 24:18.
Why it lands — The text states that partial survival offers no protection from a second, definitive consumption. It requires the listener to acknowledge the speaker’s identity as the LORD through the certainty of the coming destruction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 14:8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Psalms 34:16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
- Isaiah 24:18 Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
- Leviticus 26:17 And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- 1 Kings 19:17 Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
- Jeremiah 21:10 For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
- Ezekiel 6:7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 17:10 If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 20:3 And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.