Ezekiel 20:48
And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
Ezekiel 20:48 in other translations
| BSB | Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.” |
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| WEB | All flesh will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.”’” |
| ASV | And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched. |
| YLT | And seen have all flesh, that I, Jehovah, have kindled it--it is not quenched.' |
| DARBY | And all flesh shall see that I Jehovah have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. |
| BBE | And all flesh will see that I the Lord have had it lighted: it will not be put out. |
| Webster | And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. |
What does Ezekiel 20:48 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 20:45-49
45-49. An introductory brief description in enigma of the destruction by fire and sword, detailed more explicitly in Eze 21:1-32.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 20:45-49
Judah and Jerusalem had been full of people, as a forest of trees, but empty of fruit. God's word prophesies against those who bring not forth the fruits of righteousness. When He will ruin a nation, who or what can save it? The plainest truths were as parables to the people. It is common for those who will not be wrought upon by the word, to blame it.
Ezekiel 20:48 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 20:48
- Isaiah 26:11
Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
- Lamentations 2:16-17
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
- Jeremiah 40:2-3
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. Now the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20-22
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house? And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
- Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
- Deuteronomy 29:24-28
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: …
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Context
- Ezekiel 20:47
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 therein.
- Ezekiel 20:48
And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
- Ezekiel 20:49
Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Ezekiel 20:48 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y verá toda carne que yo Jehová lo encendí; no se apagará. |
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| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et videbit universa caro quia ego Dominus succendi eam, nec extinguetur. |