Ezekiel 22:24
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New International Version (©2011)
"Son of man, say to the land, 'You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.'

New Living Translation (©2007)
"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.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Son of man, say to her, 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Son of man, say to her: You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Son of Man, tell her, 'You're a land that hasn't been purified, one that hasn't been rained on in the day of indignation.

NET Bible (©2006)
"Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Son of man, tell the city, 'You are an unclean land that has not had rain during the day of my anger. You have not been made clean.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Son of man, say unto her, You are the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

American King James Version
Son of man, say to her, You are the land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation.

American Standard Version
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, say to her: Thou art a land that is unclean, and not rained upon in the day of wrath.

Darby Bible Translation
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

English Revised Version
Son of man, say unto her, thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, say to her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

World English Bible
Son of man, tell her, You are a land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation.

Young's Literal Translation
Son of man, say to it, Thou art a land, It is not cleansed nor rained on in a day of indignation.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22:23-31 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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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. In the Talmud (h), this text is brought to prove that the flood did not come upon the land of Israel.

(h) T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 113. 1.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

24. 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.

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The Sins of Prophets, Priests, Princes
23And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 24Son of man, say to her, You are the land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation. 25There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the middle thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the middle thereof. …

Isaiah 9:13 But 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.
Ezekiel 22:23 Again the word of the LORD came to me:
Ezekiel 24:13 "'Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.
Zephaniah 3:2 She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.