Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
gather	קְבֻ֣צַת ke.Vu.tzat	H6910	a hoard · noun, common feminine singular construct
silver	כֶּ֡סֶף Ke.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
brass	וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁת U.ne.cho.shet	H5178	copper · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
iron	וּבַרְזֶ֨ל u.var.Zel	H1270	iron (as cutting) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
lead	וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶת ve.'o.Fe.ret	H5777	lead (from its dusty color) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
tin	וּבְדִיל֙ u.ve.Dil	H913	alloy (because removed by smelting) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
midst	תּ֣וֹךְ Tokh	H8432	a bisection · noun, common masculine singular construct
furnace	כּ֔וּר Kur	H3564	a pot or furnace (as if excavated) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
blow	לָפַֽחַת la.fa.chat-	H5301	to puff · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
fire	אֵ֖שׁ 'esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
melt	לְהַנְתִּ֑יךְ le.han.Tikh	H5413	to flow forth (literally or figuratively) · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
gather	אֶקְבֹּץ֙ 'ek.Botz	H6908	to grasp · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
anger	בְּאַפִּ֣י be.'a.Pi	H639	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
fury	וּבַחֲמָתִ֔י u.va.cha.ma.Ti	H2534	heat · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
leave	יָנַח yânach	H3240	to deposit
melt	וְהִתַּכְתִּ֖י ve.hi.takh.Ti	H5413	to flow forth (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created…
Jeremiah 4:11-12 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my peo…
Jeremiah 4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Ezekiel 21:31-32 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish…
Ezekiel 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more,…
Ezekiel 22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:17-22

The same melancholy string is still harped upon, and various turns are given it, to make it affecting, that it may be influencing. The prophet must here show, or at least it is here shown him, that the whole house of Israel has become as dross and that as dross they shall be consumed. What David has said concerning the wicked ones of the world is here said concerning the wicked ones of the church, now that it is corrupt and degenerate (Psa 119:119): Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross. I. See here how the wretched degeneracy of the house of Israel is described. That state, in David's and Solomon's time, had been a head of gold; when the kingdoms were divided it was as th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 22:18

dross . . . brass--Israel has become a worthless compound of the dross of silver (implying not merely corruption, but degeneracy from good to bad, Isa 1:22, especially offensive) and of the baser metals. Hence the people must be thrown into the furnace of judgment, that the bad may be consumed, and the good separated (Jer 6:29-30).

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 22:19

I will gather you - Jerusalem is represented here as the fining pot; all the people are to be gathered together in it, and the Chaldean fire is to knelt the whole. And God will increase thy sufferings: as the refiner blows the fire with his bellows, so God will blow upon you with the fire of his wrath, Eze 22:21.

John Gill on Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace,.... As refiners of metal do; though not together, as here, but each metal apart. Silver is here mentioned, to denote that those who were truly good should suffer in this calamity, and be tried and purified by it: to blow the fire upon it, and to melt it; the metal being covered with fuel, this is kindled and blown upon, to cause the greater heat, in order to melt it down; expressive of the wrath of God, as follows: so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury; from the several parts of the land unto the city of Jerusalem: this they thought was for their good and safety, but it was in wrath, a…

Dictionary and topics

Gap — A rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezek. 22: 30), i.e., they did nothing to stop the outbreak of wickedness.
Mines, Mining — A highly-poetical description given by the author of the book of Job of the operations of mining as known in his day is the only record of the kind which we inherit from the ancient Hebrews. (Job…
Tin — Heb. bedil (Num. 31:22; Ezek. 22:18, 20), a metal well known in ancient times. It is the general opinion that the Phoenicians of Tyre and Sidon obtained their supplies of tin from the British Isles.…
Brass · Smelte — Smelte
Brass, Or Copper · Characterised by: Fusibility — Characterised by: Fusibility
Furnace · For melting lead and tin — For melting lead and tin
Iron · .Melte — .Melte
Lead · Purified by fire — Purified by fire
Metals · Freed from dross by fire — Freed from dross by fire
Poor, The · The wicked: Vex — The wicked: Vex
Silver · Refining of — Refining of
Tin · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 22:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:17-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 22:18

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 22:19

John Gill on Ezekiel 22:20

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 22:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:17-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 22:18

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 22:19

John Gill on Ezekiel 22:20

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 22:17-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 22:17-22

Rashi on Ezekiel 22:20