Ezechiel 20:47
And say to the south forest: Hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face shall be burned in it, from the south even to the north.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dices saltui meridiano : Audi verbum Domini : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego succendam in te ignem, et comburam in te omne lignum viride, et omne lignum aridum : non extinguetur flamma succensionis : et comburetur in ea omnis facies ab austro usque ad aquilonem,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐρεῖς τῷ δρυμῷ Νάγεβ Ἄκουε λόγον Κυρίου Τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνάπτω ἐν σοὶ πῦρ, καὶ καταφάγεται ἐν σοὶ ξύλον χλωρὸν καὶ πᾶν ξύλον ξηρόν, οὐ σβεσθήσεται ἡ φλὸξ ἡ ἐξαφθεῖσα, καὶ κατακαυθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν πρόσωπον ἀπὸ ἀπηλιώτου ἕως βορρᾶ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Ezechiel 21:3
- וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לְיַ֣עַר הַנֶּ֔גֶב שְׁמַ֖ע דְּבַר יְהוָ֑ה כֹּֽה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֡ה הִנְנִ֣י מַֽצִּית בְּךָ֣ אֵ֡שׁ וְאָכְלָ֣ה בְךָ֣ כָל עֵֽץ לַח֩ וְכָל עֵ֨ץ יָבֵ֤שׁ לֹֽא תִכְבֶּה֙ לַהֶ֣בֶת שַׁלְהֶ֔בֶת וְנִצְרְבוּ בָ֥הּ כָּל פָּנִ֖ים מִנֶּ֥גֶב צָפֽוֹנָה
Haydock's commentary
Burned, with war and famine, Jeremias xxi. 14. (Calmet)
North, from Egypt to Mesopotamia. (Theodoret)
Nabuchodonosor invaded those parts. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.