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Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
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The Furnace of God's Wrath
Commentators explain that God is actively gathering the people into Jerusalem as into a furnace. The "fire" is a direct expression of His holy wrath against their sin. This divine judgment would be experienced as literal destruction within the city, as God "melts" them in the midst of His displeasure.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The fifth word of judgment. The furnace. In the besieged city the people will be tried and purged (Ezekiel 22:18).
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath Not only gather them in wrath, as before; but blow upon…
Israel, compared with other nations, had been like the gold and silver compared with baser metals. But they were now like the refuse that is consum…