New Living Translation
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 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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’
- 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.’
Context of Ezekiel 22:24
22and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my fury on you.’” 23Again a message came to me from the Lord: “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. 25Your 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. 26Your 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.
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 28:22Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the Lord that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 1:5Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.
- Isaiah 9:13For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent. They will not seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- Jeremiah 2:30“I have punished your children, but they did not respond to my discipline. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.
- Jeremiah 5:3Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.
- Jeremiah 6:29The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains.
- Jeremiah 44:16“We will not listen to your messages from the Lord!
- Zephaniah 3:2No one can tell it anything; it refuses all correction. It does not trust in the Lord or draw near to its 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
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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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