Ezekiel 15:6-7

Context

15:6 “Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire – so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem¹ as fuel.² 15:7 I will set³ my face against them – although they have escaped from the fire,⁴ the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

[15:6] ¹map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:6] ²tn The words “as fuel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

[15:7] ³tn The word translated “set” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in the previous verse.

[15:7] ⁴sn This escape refers to the exile of Ezekiel and others in 597 b.c. (Ezek 1:2; 2 Kgs 24:10-16).