Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 22:22
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
22. The figure of the furnace expresses mainly the idea of the terrible trials approaching; it is not intimated that pure silver was obtained from the process. In a prophet toward the end of the exile Jehovah complains that his casting Israel into the furnace had been barren of result, Isa 48:10.
Eze 22:23-31. New indictment of all classes of the nation: the royal house, Eze 22:25; the priests, Eze 22:26; the princes, Eze 22:27; the prophets, Eze 22:28, and the people of the land, Eze 22:29. Among all the people not one is found to stand in the breach, therefore his wrath must be poured out upon them to the uttermost.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
These verses are an ingeminating of the same menaces, the more to affect the Jews with fear, and due apprehensions of their danger, and make them think of returning to God.
As silver is melted: this seems to intimate the Divine care over some few, that in the midst of the rest were precious, and God would purify, not destroy them.
Ye shall know; see, own, and submit to Gods afflicting hand, and comply with him, putting away your dross.
Have poured out my fury upon you, promiscuously with others, among which you have suffered the same outward troubles, though the end be different, which intimates the escape of a remnant.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
As silver is melted in the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof,…. This is repeated for the greater confirmation of it; and the people might assure themselves that it would verily be, as was threatened:
and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you; feel it upon them; be sensible of it, and acknowledge it; and that it is the Lord’s doings, and righteously done; these are they who are meant by the silver, who, though cast into the furnace, were not destroyed, only purified, and made the better and brighter for their afflictions.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
Ver. 22. As silver is melted. ] The same again for better fastening. Tam diligenter de his malis concionatus est, ut conciones eius vix sine taedio legantur aut recitentur. a
a Lavat.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
ye shall know: Eze 22:16, Eze 22:31, Eze 20:8, Eze 20:33, Hos 5:10, Rev 16:1
Reciprocal: 2Ki 10:25 – let Isa 42:25 – he hath poured Jer 7:20 – Behold Jer 42:18 – As mine Lam 2:4 – he poured Eze 21:31 – pour Eze 22:15 – consume
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 22:22. The men of Judah were to be subjected to the test in order to learn about the wrath of the Lord. The warnings that had been repeatedly given them by the Lord through the prophets had fallen on deaf ears, so a physical test of chastisement was necessary to bring them to their Benses.