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The Forest and the Fire
Commentators unanimously identify the "forest of the south" as a metaphor for the land of Judah and its people. The prophesied "fire" represents God's impending, severe judgment, which would be carried out by the Chaldean army through war, famine, and pestilence.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 20:45–49
18th Century
Theologian
This paragraph is, in the Hebrew text, Septuagint, and Vulgate, the beginning of Ezekiel 21:0, to which it belongs, as it contains a prophecy deliv…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 20:47
19th Century
Bishop
Every green tree in you, and every dry tree – that is, persons of every condition, the condition here probably referring …
John Gill
On Ezekiel 20:47
17th Century
Pastor
And say to the forest of the south
To the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea: hear the word of the Lord<…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 20:45–49
17th Century
Minister
Judah and Jerusalem had been full of people, like a forest of trees, but empty of fruit. God's word prophesies against those who do not produce the…