Eze 20:45-49 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ezek 20:45-49: 20:45-49 Like a parable, this prophecy both reveals and conceals its message, leading the people to complain that the prophet only talks in riddles (see Matt 13:10-17 ). It reveals the coming of an all-consuming judgment (a fire that will burn up every tree ), but conceals who is being judged.

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‏ Ezekiel 20:45-49

Summary for Ezek 20:45-49: 20:45-49 ^a Like a parable, this prophecy both reveals and conceals its message, leading the people to complain that the prophet only talks in riddles (see Matt 13:10-17 ^b). It reveals the coming of an all-consuming judgment (a fire that will burn up every tree), but conceals who is being judged.
20:46 ^c turn and face the south (literally turn toward Teman): Teman was a town in Edom, southeast of Judah.

• The Negev was southwest of the Dead Sea.
20:47 ^d A green tree does not normally burn easily, whereas a dry tree provides easy kindling. This fire of judgment would be so intense that it would burn all kinds of trees.