Ezekiel 24:8

8 ut superducerem indignationem meam et vindicta ulciscerer dedi sanguinem eius super petram limpidissimam ne operiretur

Ezekiel 24:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 24:8

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance
Into the heart and mind of God, into his face, speaking after the manner of men; observing such gross and open wickedness, he determined within himself to show his resentment, manifest his wrath and displeasure, and take vengeance on such capital and impudent offenders: I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it might not be
covered;
by way of just retaliation; that as her sin was publicly committed, and no repentance shown for it, so her punishment should be open and manifest to all the world, and no forgiveness should be granted her. The Targum is,

``I have revealed their sins, because they have shed innocent blood openly, that it might not be forgiven.''

Ezekiel 24:8 In-Context

6 propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus vae civitati sanguinum ollae cuius rubigo in ea est et rubigo eius non exivit de ea per partes et per partes suas eice eam non cecidit super eam sors

7 sanguis enim eius in medio eius est super limpidissimam petram effudit illum non effudit illum super terram ut possit operiri pulvere

8 ut superducerem indignationem meam et vindicta ulciscerer dedi sanguinem eius super petram limpidissimam ne operiretur

9 propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus vae civitati sanguinum cuius ego grandem faciam pyram

10 congere ossa quae igne succendam consumentur carnes et concoquetur universa conpositio et ossa tabescent