Ezekiel 21:32

You will be like fuel [MET] that is burned in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” '”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.

In Context

31I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them likea fire [MET]. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:10There will always be a ruler [MTY] from the descendants of Judah [MTY]. Each one will hold a scepter/staff to show that he has authority as a king. He will do that until the one to whom the scepter belongs comes, the one to whom the nations will bring tribute and show that they will obey him.

Isaiah 34:3Their corpses will not be buried, and as a result their corpses will stink, and their blood will fill the streams that flow down the mountains.

Ezekiel 21:30You must put your swords back in their sheaths because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.

Micah 5:1“But now, you people of Jerusalem, gather your troops together, because even though you have a wall around your city to protect it, enemy soldiers are surrounding the city. And soon they will strike your leader on his face, with a rod.”

Zechariah 9:9Rejoice very much, you people of Jerusalem [APO, DOU] and shout joyfully, because your king will be coming to you. He is righteous and victorious; but he will be gentle, and he will be riding on a donkey, on a young female donkey.

Matthew 3:10God is ready to punish you if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, just like a man who lays his axe at the roots of a fruit tree in order to chop it down and throw it into the fire if it does not produce good fruit [MET].”

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:29-32

The Destruction of the Ammonites. ( b. c. 592.) 28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 30 Shall I cause it to return… Read the whole commentary →

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