Ezekiel 20:45-49

Revised Standard Version

A Prophecy against the Negeb

^45 [a] And the word of the Lord came to me: ⁴⁶ “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb; ⁴⁷ say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it. ⁴⁸ All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.” ⁴⁹ Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’”