Ezekiel 24:13

13 "In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are 1not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have 2spent My wrath on you.

Ezekiel 24:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 24:13

In thy filthiness is lewdness
Consummate wickedness joined with impudence, and an obstinate persisting in it; though her sins were so abominable and filthy, yet she was not ashamed of them, nor could be reclaimed from them; but, like a lewd woman, or an old harlot, was bold and impudent: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged;
made use of means for the purgation of them, by his prophets, and by exhortations and instructions given by them, and by various corrections and chastisements; but all in vain, and to no purpose, they were all without effect: thou shall not be purged from thy filthiness any more till I have
caused my fury to rest upon thee;
there was no other way left to purge her from her sins, but by the fire of his wrath, and the fury of his anger, in her utter destruction.

Ezekiel 24:13 In-Context

11 "Then set it empty on its coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may glow And its filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust consumed.
12 "She has wearied Me with toil, Yet her great rust has not gone from her; Let her rust be in the fire!
13 "In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have spent My wrath on you.
14 "I, the LORD , have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you," declares the Lord GOD.' "
15 And the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Jeremiah 6:28-30; Ezekiel 22:24
  • 2. Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 8:18

Footnotes 1

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