21 I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.
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.
21 I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
21 I'll blow on you with the fire of my wrath to melt you down in the furnace.
21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.
21 I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 22:21
Commentary on Ezekiel 22:17-22
(Read Ezekiel 22:17-22)
Israel, compared with other nations, had been as the gold and silver compared with baser metals. But they were now as the refuse that is consumed in the furnace, or thrown away when the silver is refined. Sinners, especially backsliding professors, are, in God's account, useless and fit for nothing. When God brings his own people into the furnace, he sits by them as the refiner by his gold, to see that they are not continued there any longer than is fitting and needful. The dross shall be wholly separated, and the good metal purified. Let those who suffer pains, or lingering sickness, and find that their hearts can scarcely bear these light and momentary afflictions, take warning to flee from the wrath to come; for if these trials are not sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit, to the cleansing their hearts and hands from sin, far worse things will come upon them.