Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 22:21
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
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 them in wrath, which is often compared to fire in Scripture; and besides, the city and temple of Jerusalem were to be burnt, and were burnt with material fire, in consequence of God’s displeasure against his people:
and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof; of the city of Jerusalem; be destroyed by one judgment or another in it; or perish in the conflagration of it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in its midst. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so will you be melted in its midst. And you will know that I Yahweh have poured out my fury on you.”
It is now reiterated and emphasised that the house of Israel in Jerusalem/Judah are like the dross of metals in the midst of the furnace where the silver is purified. Ezekiel is thinking of them as impure, unrefined silver ore, indeed the dross within that silver.
All Levels of People Are Included in Jerusalem’s Condemnation.
In this oracle prophets, priests, princes and the people of the land are all indicted for their evil behaviour.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Ver. 21. And ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. ] As in a fiery furnace. Such was anciently Egypt; Deu 4:20 afterwards Babylon; and in the year 1453, Constantinople, where cruelly perished by the hand of the Turks a very great multitude of Christians.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
and blow: Eze 15:6, Eze 15:7, Eze 20:47, Eze 20:48, Eze 22:20-22, Deu 4:24, Deu 29:20, Deu 32:22, 2Ki 25:9, Psa 21:9, Psa 50:3, Isa 30:33, Jer 21:12, Nah 1:6, Zep 1:18
and ye: Psa 68:2, Psa 112:10, Isa 64:2, Isa 64:7, Jer 9:7
Reciprocal: 2Ki 10:25 – let Isa 42:25 – he hath poured Eze 21:31 – I will blow Eze 22:31 – have I poured
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 22:21. The comparison of these verses is drawn from the work of the smelter, where fire is used to separate the dross from the silver.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
God’s wrath would be the fire that He would blow on them, and they would melt, as when a silversmith refines silver (cf. 2Pe 3:9-14; Rev 20:15). They would then know that Yahweh had judged them.
The Babylonians really did burn the city, so this turned out to be a literal fire as well as a metaphorical one.