Ezekiel 22:21
What does Ezekiel 22:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 22:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have heaped you up, And blown on you in the fire of My wrath, And ye have been melted in its midst.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And will gather you together, and will burn you in the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst thereof.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Yea, I will collect you, and blow upon you the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Context
v.20As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
v.21This passage
v.22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my wrath upon you.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
- 2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
- Ezekiel 20:47
and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 burnt thereby.
- Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
- Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
- Isaiah 64:2
as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
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