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General Information:
Yahweh speaks to Ezekiel about the people of Israel.
I will set my face against them
"I will be against them" or "I will oppose them"
set my face against them
"stare angrily at them"
know that I am Yahweh
"understand that I am Yahweh, the one true God". Yahweh is implying that they will know that he is the one true God who has supreme authority and power. See Ezekiel 6:7.
Though they come out from the fire, yet the fire will consume them
Yahweh speaks of the punishment that he will afflict upon the people as if it were a fire that burns them.
the fire will consume them
"the fire will destroy them"