Ezekiel 20:48

And all flesh has seen, that I, YHWH, have kindled it—it is not quenched.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

In Context

47and you have said to the forest of the south, Hear a word of YHWH! Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, || And it has devoured every moist tree in you, and every dry tree, || The glowing flames are not quenched, || And all faces from south to north have been burned by it.

49And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, || They are saying of me, || Is he not using allegories?”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24Indeed, all the nations have said, Why has YHWH done thus to this land? Why the heat of this great anger?

Isaiah 26:11O YHWH, Your hand [is] high—they do not see, || They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, || Also, the fire consumes Your adversaries.

Jeremiah 40:2And the chief of the executioners takes Jeremiah and says to him, “Your God YHWH has spoken this calamity concerning this place,

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:46-49

Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 592.) 45 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned… Read the whole commentary →

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