Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
fire—every kind of judgment (Ezekiel 19:12; Ezekiel 21:3, "my sword"; Jeremiah 21:14).
green tree . . . dry—fit and unfit materials for fuel alike; "the righteous and the wicked," as explained in Ezekiel 21:3-4; Luke 23:31. Unsparing universality of the judgment!
flaming flame—one continued and unextinguished flame. "The glowing flame" [FAIRBAIRN].
faces—persons; here the metaphor is merged in the reality.
An introductory brief description in enigma of the destruction by fire and sword, detailed more explicitly in Eze. 21:1-32.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 20:47:
Ezekiel 21:10
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