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Ezekiel 22:24
24“Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’
Ezekiel 22:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)“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.
Context of Ezekiel 22:24
22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath on you.’ ” 23Again the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’ 25There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her. 26Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:24 word by word
בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם אֱמָר־לָ֕הּ אַ֣תְּ אֶ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א מְטֹהָרָ֖ה הִ֑יא לֹ֥א גֻשְׁמָ֖הּ בְּי֥וֹם זָֽעַם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:24
- 2 Chronicles 28:22In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 1:5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
- Isaiah 9:13But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the Lord Almighty.
- Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
- Jeremiah 5:3Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.
- Jeremiah 44:16“We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!
- Zephaniah 3:2She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Thou art the land that is not cleansed - Thou art like a country where there is no rain, either to cleanse the garments, or fertilize the ground.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23-31Verses 23-31 The sixth word of judgment. The special sins of princes, priests, and people. Ezekiel 22:26 Violated - Better as in margin; to offer “violence” to the Law is to misinterpret it. It was the special office of the priests to keep up the distinction between “holy” and “unholy,” “clean” and “unclean” Leviticus 10:10. Ezekiel 22:28 See the marginal reference note. Ezekiel 22:30 The land might be said to perish for the lack of such interpositions as…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-31Verses 23-31 All orders and degrees of men had helped to fill the measure of the nation's guilt. The people that had any power abused it, and even the buyers and sellers find some way to oppress one another. It bodes ill to a people when judgments are breaking in upon them, and the spirit of prayer is restrained. Let all who fear God, unite to promote his truth and righteousness; as wicked men of every rank and profession plot together to run them down.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24Jerusalem had already faced judgment, but it did not lead to change. The city remained polluted (morally and spiritually unclean).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. land ... not cleansed--not cleared or cultivated; all a scene of desolation; a fit emblem of the moral wilderness state of the people. nor rained upon--a mark of divine "indignation"; as the early and latter rain, on which the productiveness of the land depended, was one of the great covenant blessings. Joel (Joe 2:23) promises the return of the former and latter rain, with the restoration of God's favor.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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