Ezekiel 22:24

24 "Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.'

Ezekiel 22:24 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:24

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;
no cooling shower to quench the fire of divine wrath; nothing to avert or stop the judgments of God; no refreshment and comfort from the doctrines of the prophets, which fell like rain: it is a judgment upon a people to have no rain, either in a temporal or spiritual sense; see ( Zechariah 14:17 Zechariah 14:18 ) . In the Talmud ^F8, this text is brought to prove that the flood did not come upon the land of Israel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 113. 1.

Ezekiel 22:24 In-Context

22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out My fury on you.' "

23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

24 "Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.'

25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

26 Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Footnotes

• [a] Following Masoretic Text, Syriac, and Vulgate; Septuagint reads showered upon.