Ezekiel 20:47
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and tell the forest of the South, Hear the word of Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land from which the Lord delivered Israel, recalling his covenant faithfulness and Israel’s repeated rebellion. The Negeb, Judah’s dry southern region, represents the land facing coming judgment; the “forest fire” imagery announces God’s consuming wrath spreading through the south.
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Ezekiel 20:47 mentions Egypt and Negeb.
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