Ezekiel 22:24

24 “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: In the day of my indignation, you will be like a polluted land, a land without rain.

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.
FOOTNOTES:

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

Ezekiel 22:24 In-Context

22 and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my fury on you.’”
23 Again a message came to me from the LORD :
24 “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: In the day of my indignation, you will be like a polluted land, a land without rain.
25 Your princes plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. They make many widows in the land.
26 Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them.
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