Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”
We have here a prophecy of wrath against Judah and Jerusalem, which would more fitly have begun the next chapter than conclude this; for it has no dependence on what goes before, but that which follows in the beginning of the next chapter is the explication of it, when the people complained that this was a parable which they understood not. In this parable, 1.
Commenting on Ezekiel 20:45-49
All flesh - All the people shall see that this war is a judgment of the Lord. It shall not be quenched - Till the whole land shall be utterly ruined.
A fire kindled by the Lord will burn the forest of the south (Eze. 20:45-48). This figurative announcement is explained in what follows, in order that the divine threat may make an impression upon the people (ver. 49). The Lord will draw His sword from its scabbard, and cut off from Jerusalem and the land of Israel both righteous and wicked (Eze 21:1-17) ; that...
Commenting on Ezekiel 20:45-49