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Ezekiel 22:21
Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Ezekiel to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, pronouncing judgment during a period of prophesied national collapse.
The words — The Hebrew verb כִנַּסְתִּי (kinnastî) means "I will gather," while נָפַחְתִּי (napachî) translates to "I will blow," directly mirroring the bellows action of a metallurgical furnace.
The thread — This depiction of divine fire and gathering judgment runs parallel to Deuteronomy 4:24, Deuteronomy 29:20, and Deuteronomy 32:22, where Yahweh's anger is consistently portrayed as a consuming fire.
Why it lands — The text declares that the city's inhabitants will be consumed by this fiery judgment to force recognition that God has poured out His wrath upon them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 4:24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 29:20 The 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 out his name from under heaven
- Deuteronomy 32:22 For 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.
- 2 Kings 25:9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Psalms 21:9 You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- Psalms 50:3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
- Psalms 68:2 As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
- Psalms 112:10 The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
- 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.
- Isaiah 64:2 as 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!