The Meaning of Ezekiel 20:48 Explained

Ezekiel 20:48

KJV: And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

YLT: And seen have all flesh, that I, Jehovah, have kindled it -- it is not quenched.'

Darby: And all flesh shall see that I Jehovah have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

ASV: And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all flesh  shall see  that I the LORD  have kindled  it: it shall not be quenched. 

What does Ezekiel 20:48 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 20

1  God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel
4  He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt
19  in the desert
27  and in the land
33  He promises to gather them by the Gospel
45  Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 20:48 mean?

And shall see all flesh that I Yahweh have kindled it not it shall be quenched
וְרָאוּ֙ כָּל־ בָּשָׂ֔ר כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בִּֽעַרְתִּ֑יהָ לֹ֖א תִּכְבֶּֽה

וְרָאוּ֙  And  shall  see 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
בָּשָׂ֔ר  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
כִּ֛י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בִּֽעַרְתִּ֑יהָ  have  kindled  it 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּעַר 
Sense: to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled.
תִּכְבֶּֽה  it  shall  be  quenched 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּבָה  
Sense: to quench, put out, be put out, be quenched, be extinguished.