Eze 20:47 | NET2full | STEP | and say to the scrub land of the Negev , ‘ Listen to the Lord ’s message ! This is what the Sovereign Lord has said : Look here , I am about to start a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished , and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.

Ezekiel 20:47

47 and say to the scrub land of the Negev, ‘Listen to the Lord’s message! This is what the Sovereign Lord has said: Look here, ^{▼▼tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.} I am about to start a fire in you, ^{▼▼tn Fire also appears as a form of judgment in Ezek 15:4-7 and 19:12, 14.} and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.