Son of man, say unto her, thou land
Thou land of Israel, as the Targum: thou art not cleansed;
from filthiness, by the fire of divine judgments; or reformed from sins, by the instructions, cautions, and exhortations of the prophets; none of these things had any effect upon her to make her wiser and better. So the Targum,
``a land not cleansed it is, and good works are not done in it, to protect it in the day of cursing:''nor rained upon in the day of indignation;