Ezekiel 21:31

I 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Follow its threads on the canvas →

Study note

Setting — The LORD speaks through Ezekiel to the nation of Judah, delivering a final pronouncement of judgment immediately after commanding the prophetic sword to be returned to its sheath.

The words — The Hebrew verb שָׁפַכְתִּי (sha.fakh.Ti) literally means "I will pour out," describing the active release of divine anger. The phrase בְּאֵשׁ עֶבְרָתִי (be.'Esh 'ev.ra.Ti) translates to "with the fire of My wrath," emphasizing the consuming nature of the coming destruction.

The thread — This pattern of God pouring out wrath and breathing fire against a target appears in Psalms 18:15 and Isaiah 30:33, where divine rebuke and prepared judgment pyres mirror the same themes of exposure and ruin.

Why it lands — The text states that God will actively release His anger, breathe fire against the target, and hand the people over to skilled destroyers. It asks the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment operates through both supernatural fury and appointed human instruments, leaving no room for evasion.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֤יve./sha.fakh.Tiand/ I will pour out עָלַ֙יִךְ֙'a.La.yi/khon/ you זַעְמִ֔יza'.M/iindignation/ my בְּאֵ֥שׁbe./'Eshwith/ [the] fire of עֶבְרָתִ֖י'ev.ra.T/iwrath/ my אָפִ֣יחַ'a.Fi.achI will blow עָלָ֑יִךְ'a.La.yi/khon/ you וּנְתַתִּ֗יךְu./ne.ta.Ti/khand/ I will give/ you בְּיַד֙be./Yadin/ [the] hand of אֲנָשִׁ֣ים'a.na.Shimmen בֹּֽעֲרִ֔יםbo.'a.Rimbrutish חָרָשֵׁ֖יcha.ra.Sheicraftsmen of מַשְׁחִֽית׃mash.Chitdestruction

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Psalms 18:15 The 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.
Isaiah 30:33 For 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.
Jeremiah 4:7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
Jeremiah 6:22 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
Ezekiel 7:8 Very 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.
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,
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.
Haggai 1:9 You 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 is busy with his own house.
Isaiah 14:4 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
Isaiah 37:7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”