And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I set my face against them.
Ver. 7. And I will set my face aguinst them.] See Eze 14:8 Leviticus 17:10 .
They shall go out from one fire.] And then think themselves safe and happy; but this is but gaucdium lachrymosum; their preservation is but only a reservation; for
Another fire shall devour them.] A man pulleth a brand out of the fire sometimes, and then presently casteth it in again. He gathereth up the stick ends, but it is to cast them into the middle of the fire. So dealeth God often with the wicked; to whom also whatsoever they suffer here is but a typical Tophet. See Amo 5:19 Jeremiah 48:43 .
And ye shall know that I am the Lord,] i.e., True of my word, and terrible in mine executions. The prophets could not get you to believe that your sins were so heinous, that my wrath was so hot, that your judgments were so heavy, &c.; but now ye shall surely feel what you would not then believe, and cry out, Nos insensati, &c. Oh we fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets had spoken unto us.
When I set my face against them.] As being fully resolved to have my full blow at them, and to pay them home.