Ezekiel 22:21

It will be as though I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, and it will be as though you will be melted,

Translation for Translators

In The 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.

In Context

20People put ore containing silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a very hot furnace and melt them in a blazing fire to burn up the impurities. Similarly [SIM], I will gather you together inside Jerusalem, and because I am very angry with you, what I will do will be as though I am melting you.

22as though you will be melted like [SIM] silver is melted in a furnace, and then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my punishment [MTY] on you.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:24You must not do that because Yahweh your God will destroy anyone who worships idols, like [MET] a fire completely destroys things. He wants people to worship only him, he ◄cannot accept/will punish► people who worship anyone or anything else.

Deuteronomy 32:22I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains.

Psalms 21:9When you appear, you will throw them into a fiery furnace. Because you are angry with them, you will get rid of them; the fire will burn them up.

Psalms 68:2Like wind blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to ◄disappear/be destroyed►.

Isaiah 30:33The valley of Topheth outside Jerusalem has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king of Assyria; the ◄funeral pyre/pile of wood► for burning his body is wide and high, and it will be as though Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.

Isaiah 64:7None of our people worships you, and no one is completely dedicated to [IDM] you. You have turned away from us. It is as though you have caused us to be forced to continue our sinful behavior.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:18-23

The Sins of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it,… Read the whole commentary →

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