Ezekiel 15:7

Easy-to-Read Version

"I will punish those people. But some of them will be like the sticks that don't burn completely. They will be punished, but they will not be destroyed completely. You will see that I punished them, and you will know that I am the Lord !

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will turn against them. They may have escaped from the fire, but it will still consume them. And you will know that I am the Lord when I turn against them.

Hebrew Names Version
I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

King James Version
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord , when I set my face against them.

English Standard Version
And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the Lord , when I set my face against them.

New American Standard Bible
and I set My face against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them.

New Century Version
and will turn against them. Although they came through one fire, fire will still destroy them. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the Lord .

Amplified Bible
and I set My face against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them.

World English Bible
I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them: and ye shall know, that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and I set My face against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them.

Legacy Standard Bible
and I will give My face to be against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set My face against them.

Berean Standard Bible
And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
I will punish the people of Jerusalem with fire. Some of them have escaped one destruction, but soon they will be completely burned. And when that happens, you, Ezekiel, will know that I am the Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
I will set my face against them — they may have escaped one fire, but the fire will consume them yet. When I set my face against them, you will know that I am Adonai .

Darby Translation
And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah when I set my face against them.

George Lamsa Translation
And I will pour out my anger against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I pour out my anger against them.

Good News Translation
and will punish them. They have escaped one fire, but now fire will burn them up. When I punish them, you will know that I am the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
And I will set my face against them. From the fire they mayescape, but the fire will yet consume them, and they will know that I am Yahweh when I set my face against them.

Literal Translation
And I will set my face against them. They shall go out from the fire, and the fire shall devour them. And you shall know that I am Jehovah when I set My face against them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and set my face agaynst them: they shall go out from the fyre, and yet the fyre shall consume them. Then shal ye knowe, that I am the LORDE, when I set my face agaynst them,

American Standard Version
And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

Bible in Basic English
And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will set My face against them; out of the fire are they come forth, and the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them.

King James Version (1611)
And I will set my face against them, they shall goe out from one fire, and another fire shall deuoure them, and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I wyll set my face against them, they shall go out from the fire, and yet the fire shall consume them: then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde, when I set my face against them,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth of the fire, and yet fire shall devour them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set my face against them.

English Revised Version
And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y schal sette my face ayens hem. Thei schulen go out of the fier, and fier schal waaste hem; and ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal sette my face ayens hem,

Update Bible Version
And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I set my face against them.

New English Translation
I will set my face against them—although they have escaped from the fire, the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord , when I set my face against them.

New King James Version
and I will set My face against them. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them.

New Living Translation
And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the Lord .

New Life Bible
I will set My face against them. Even if they get away from the fire, the fire will yet destroy them. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.

New Revised Standard
I will set my face against them; although they escape from the fire, the fire shall still consume them; and you shall know that I am the Lord , when I set my face against them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore will I set my face against them, Out of one fire, have they come forth But another fire, shall devour them, - So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh, by my setting my face against them;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.

Revised Standard Version
And I will set my face against them; though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them; and you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have set My face against them, From the fire they have gone forth, And the fire doth consume them, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My setting My face against them.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said, ² "Son of man, are the pieces of wood from a grapevine any better than the little branches cut from trees in the forest? ³ Can you use that wood from a grapevine to make anything? Can you use that wood to make pegs to hang dishes on? ⁴ People throw that wood into the fire. The ends burn, and the middle is scorched. ⁵ If you cannot make anything from that wood before it is burned, you surely cannot make anything from that wood after it is burned! ⁶ So people throw the pieces of wood from a grapevine into the fire. It is just like wood from any other tree in the forest. In the same way I will throw the people living in Jerusalem into the fire!" This is what the Lord God said. ⁷ "I will punish those people. But some of them will be like the sticks that don't burn completely. They will be punished, but they will not be destroyed completely. You will see that I punished them, and you will know that I am the Lord ! ⁸ I will destroy that country because the people left me to worship false gods ." This is what the Lord God said.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will set: Ezekiel 14:8, Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 20:3-6, Leviticus 26:17, Psalms 34:16, Jeremiah 21:10

they shall: 1 Kings 19:17, Isaiah 24:18, Jeremiah 48:43, Jeremiah 48:44, Amos 5:19, Amos 9:1-4

and ye shall: Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 11:10, Ezekiel 20:38, Ezekiel 20:42, Ezekiel 20:44, Psalms 9:16

Reciprocal: Isaiah 47:14 - they shall Jeremiah 23:30 - General Jeremiah 44:11 - I will Ezekiel 5:8 - even I Ezekiel 13:23 - and ye Ezekiel 17:21 - shall know Ezekiel 20:47 - I will kindle Ezekiel 21:15 - against Ezekiel 22:21 - and blow Ezekiel 23:25 - thy residue 1 Peter 3:12 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
The Lord said to Abram, "Leave your country and your people. Leave your father's family and go to the country that I will show you.

Genesis 12:7
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." Abram built an altar to honor the Lord who appeared to him there.

Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, "Lord God , there is nothing you can give me that will make me happy, because I have no son. My slave Eliezer from Damascus will get everything I own after I die."

Genesis 15:4
Then the Lord spoke to Abram and said, "That slave will not be the one to get what you have. You will have a son who will get everything you own."

Genesis 15:7
He said to Abram, "I am the Lord who led you from Ur of Babylonia. I did this so that I could give you this land. You will own this land."

Genesis 15:8
But Abram said, "Lord God , how can I be sure that I will get this land?"

Genesis 15:15
"You yourself will live to be very old. You will die in peace and will be buried with your family.

Genesis 15:17
After the sun went down, it got very dark. The dead animals were still on the ground, each animal cut into two pieces. Then a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.

Psalms 105:11
He said, "I will give you the land of Canaan. It will be your very own."

Psalms 105:42
The Lord remembered his holy promise that he had made to his servant Abraham.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will set my face against them,.... In wrath to destroy them; see Ezekiel 14:8; and

they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them: from one calamity to another; those that escaped the famine and pestilence in the city fell by the sword; and those that escaped famine, sword, and pestilence, were carried into captivity, and there passed from one hardship and affliction to another. The Targum is,

"I will execute my vengeance on them, because of the words of the law, which were given out of the midst of fire; they have transgressed, and people who are strong as fire shall consume them.''

Some, as Abendana observes, interpret the fire, out of which they went, of Sennacherib, out of whose hand the Lord delivered them; and the fire which devoured them, of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and it may be rendered, "they have gone out" e, c.

and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord, when I set my face against them he is known by his judgments to be the Lord God omnipotent, holy, just, and true.

e יצאו "exiverunt", Cocceius, Starckius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall go out ... - Rather, they have gone forth from the fire, and the fire shall devour them. The condition of the people is here depicted. The people of Israel - as a whole and as separate kingdoms - had become worthless. The branch torn from the living stem had truly been cast into the fire, which had devoured both ends of it; what remained was a brand plucked from the burning. Those who had escaped the general calamity were reserved for a like fate. Compare John 15:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 15:7. They shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them — If they escape the sword, they shall perish by the famine; if they escape the famine, they shall be led away captives. To escape will be impossible. It will be to them according to the proverb: -

Incidit in Scyllam, cupiens vitare Charybdim.

"Out of the scald, into the flame."