Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 22:24
Son of man, say to her, Thou [art] the land that is not cleansed, (m) nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
(m) You are like a barren land which the Lord plagues with drought.
Son of man, say to her, Thou [art] the land that is not cleansed, (m) nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
(m) You are like a barren land which the Lord plagues with drought.
Verse Ezekiel 22:24. _THOU_ 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_....
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 of...
Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 23:1. Before the sharpened sword of justice and retribution does its dreadful work, the Lord uncovers the guilt and vileness of the city and lays bare the corruption of her proph...
NOT CLEANSED. not to be rained upon. NOR RAINED UPON. nor to receive fruitful showers....
_the land … not cleansed_ A land. The words "not cleansed" are parallel to "not rained upon." In the east, however, raining upon is not a figure for cleansing, but for removing the curse and judgment,...
THOU ART THE LAND, &C.— _This land shall not have showers, nor be softened with rain, in the day of indignation._ Ezekiel 22:25. _Because her prophets in the midst of her are like,_ &c. Houbigant, aft...
C. The Corrupt Land 22:23-31 TRANSLATION (23) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (24) Son of man, say to her: You are a land not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. (25)...
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. THOU ART THE LAND THAT IS NOT CLEANSED - not cleared or cultivated; all a scene of deso...
ANOTHER INDICTMENT OF JERUSALEM The various religious and social evils that prevail in the city are recited (Ezekiel 22:1). Their coming punishment is then predicted, first in direct terms (Ezekiel 22...
NOT RAINED UPON] not blessed with fertilising showers. 28, 30. The same figures as in Ezekiel 13:5; Ezekiel 13:10....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 22 * God told Ezekiel to declare judgement against Jerusale...
THAT IS NOT CLEANSED. — The third and last Divine communication of this chapter begins with Ezekiel 22:23, and contains a further enumeration of the sins of Israel, showing that they have been committ...
בֶּן ־אָדָ֕ם אֱמָר ־לָ֕הּ אַ֣תְּ אֶ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א
FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private life...
The next movement described the utter evil of the city. Its fundamental sins of bloodshed and idolatry were named and denounced, and the resultant evils were described. These consisted of the oppressi...
_Rained upon, or watered with the instructions of the prophets, chap. xx. 46._...
The close of this chapter is uncommonly beautiful, if we read it with an eye to Jesus. Many had been the intercessors for perishing sinners in the earlier ages, and all of them were types of Christ. A...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23. Chapter 22 recapitulates the sin of Jerusalem, of her prophets, her priests, and her princes. The eye of God sought for some one to stand in the ga...
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, cauti...
Son of man, say unto her, Thou [art] the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. Ver. 24. _Thou art the land that is not cleansed._] From thy filthiness, and the fire of...
_Thou art the land that is not cleansed nor rained upon_, &c. Though God's judgments have been as violent floods, and as hottest fires, thou hast not been cleansed from thy wickedness by the punishmen...
THE CORRUPTION OF JUDAH INVITING DESTRUCTION...
Son of man, say unto her, namely, to Jerusalem and Judah, THOU ART THE LAND THAT IS NOT CLEANSED, namely, from the weeds, briars, and thorns with which it is overgrown, or upon which the sun does not...
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....
THOU; the land of Israel. IS NOT CLEANSED, NOR RAINED UPON; though God's judgments have been as violent storms and floods, though they have been as hottest fires, yet neither thy filth hath been carri...
Ezekiel 22:24 Son H1121 man H120 say H559 (H8798) land H776 cleansed H2891 (H8794) rained H1656 day...
CONTENTS: Sins of Israel enumerated. Parable of the dross in the furnace. Sins of priests, prophets and people. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Whatever God's wrath inflicts upon a people, it...
Ezekiel 22:8. _Thou hast profaned my sabbaths,_ the sabbatical days and years. This is repeated in Ezekiel 23:38, to show that the desecration of holy things filled up the measure of Judah's sin: Ezek...
_Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation._ PRACTICAL USES OF THE STATE OF THE LAND OF JUDAH We propose to speak concerning the special instruction which the...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:1 This chapter includes three distinct but thematically related oracles. Each convicts Jerusalem of practicing vile impurities that God refuses to tolerate. The first descri...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:23 Here, rather than surveying types of behavior (as in vv. Ezekiel 22:6), Ezekiel surveys the people involved. The issue is still impurity (a l
(Ezekiel 22:23.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The corrupt condition of all ranks of the people as the immediate cause of the destruction of the kingdom. Ezekiel 22:24. “THOU ART THE LAND THAT IS NOT CLEANSED.”...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 22:1, EZEKIEL 22:2 MOREOVER, etc. The word connects what follows with THE WORD OF THE LORD which began in Ezekiel
Now, why would God do this? Chapter 22 he now tells us the things that were happening and the sins for which God's judgment was coming. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Now, thou so...
2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 9:13;...