Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’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. New Living Translation Your impurity is your lewdness and the corruption of your idolatry. I tried to cleanse you, but you refused. So now you will remain in your filth until my fury against you has been satisfied. English Standard Version On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you. Berean Standard Bible Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. Berean Literal Bible In your uncleanness is wickedness, because I have cleansed you and you would not be cleansed from your uncleanness, you will not be cleansed anymore, until I have caused to rest My fury on you. King James Bible In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. New King James Version In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you. New American Standard Bible “In your filthiness is outrageous sin. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have expended My wrath on you. NASB 1995 “In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have spent My wrath on you. NASB 1977 “In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again, Until I have spent My wrath on you. Legacy Standard Bible In your uncleanness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean; You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness again Until I have caused My wrath against you to be at rest. Amplified Bible “In your filthiness are lewdness and outrage. Therefore I would have cleansed you, Yet you were not [willing to be] cleansed, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have satisfied My wrath against you. Berean Annotated Bible Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. Christian Standard Bible Because of the depravity of your uncleanness — since I tried to purify you, but you would not be purified from your uncleanness — you will not be pure again until I have satisfied my wrath on you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Because of the indecency of your uncleanness— since I tried to purify you, but you would not be purified from your uncleanness— you will not be pure again until I have satisfied My wrath on you. American Standard Version In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed thee and thou wast not cleansed, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest. Contemporary English Version Jerusalem is so full of sin and evil that I can't get it clean, even though I have tried. It will stay filthy until I let loose my fierce anger against it. English Revised Version In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation I tried to clean you of your filthy lust, but you wouldn't clean yourself from your filth. You will never be clean until I unleash my fury on you. Good News Translation Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger. International Standard Version There is wickedness in your obscene conduct. Even though I've cleansed you, you uncleanness cannot be washed away. You cannot be cleansed again until my rage against you has subsided.' NET Bible You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. I tried to cleanse you, but you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness until I have exhausted my anger on you. New Heart English Bible In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and you weren't cleansed, you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest. Webster's Bible Translation In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleBecause of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. World English Bible “‘“In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you weren’t cleansed, you won’t be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWickedness [is] in your uncleanness, "" Because I have cleansed you, "" And you have not been cleansed, "" You are not cleansed from your uncleanness again, "" Until I have caused My fury to rest on you. Berean Literal Bible In your uncleanness is wickedness, because I have cleansed you and you would not be cleansed from your uncleanness, you will not be cleansed anymore, until I have caused to rest My fury on you. Young's Literal Translation In thine uncleanness is wickedness, Because I have cleansed thee, And thou hast not been cleansed, From thine uncleanness thou art not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on thee. Smith's Literal Translation In thy uncleanness is wickedness: because I cleansed thee and thou wert not cleansed, thou shalt no more be cleansed from thy uncleanness till my causing my wrath to rest upon thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThy uncleanness is execrable: be- cause I desired to cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from thy filthiness: neither shalt thou be cleansed, before I cause my indignation to rest in thee. Catholic Public Domain Version Your uncleanness is execrable. For I wanted to cleanse you, and you have not been cleansed from your filth. So then, neither will you be cleansed before I cause my indignation over you to cease. New American Bible Even in defiling yourself with depravity I would still have cleansed you, but you would not have your impurity cleansed. You will not be cleansed now until I wreak my fury on you. New Revised Standard Version Yet, when I cleansed you in your filthy lewdness, you did not become clean from your filth; you shall not again be cleansed until I have satisfied my fury upon you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBecause you have polluted yourself with lewdness, and because I have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your filthiness, you shall not be cleansed any more till I have caused my fury to rest upon you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because you were defiled with prostitution and because I cleansed you and you were not purified from your abominations; you shall not be cleansed again until my wrath shall rest on you OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Because of thy filthy lewdness, because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have satisfied My fury upon thee. Brenton Septuagint Translation Her scum shall become shameful, because thou didst defile thyself: and what if thou shalt be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Parable of the Cooking Pot…12It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire. 13Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. 14I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”… Cross References Because of the indecency of your uncleanness Leviticus 18:24-25 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. / Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. Psalm 106:39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds. Ezekiel 36:17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. I tried to cleanse you, Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me. Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. but you would not be purified from your filthiness. Jeremiah 2:22 Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth. Jeremiah 13:27 Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. Ezekiel 16:42 So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry. Isaiah 26:20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed. Ezekiel 5:13 And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken. Jeremiah 6:29-30 The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. / They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.” Isaiah 1:25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities. Malachi 3:2-3 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. / And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. Isaiah 4:4 when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. Treasury of Scripture In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest on you. thy filthiness Ezekiel 24:11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. Ezekiel 23:36-48 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; … 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. because Ezekiel 22:24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 2 Chronicles 36:14-16 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem… Isaiah 5:4-6 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? … till I Ezekiel 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. Ezekiel 8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. Ezekiel 16:42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. Jump to Previous Attempting Caused Clean Cleansed Filthiness Filthy Full Fury Impurity Lewdness Passion Purged Purpose Rest Rust Satisfied Spent Tried Unclean Uncleanness Wast Weren't Wickedness WrathJump to Next Attempting Caused Clean Cleansed Filthiness Filthy Full Fury Impurity Lewdness Passion Purged Purpose Rest Rust Satisfied Spent Tried Unclean Uncleanness Wast Weren't Wickedness WrathEzekiel 24 1. Under the parable of a boiling pot6. is shown the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem 15. By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife 19. is shown the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow Because of the indecency of your uncleanness This phrase highlights the moral and spiritual corruption of the people. In the context of Ezekiel, this refers to the idolatry and rebellion of the Israelites. The term "indecency" suggests a shameful and blatant disregard for God's laws. The concept of uncleanness is deeply rooted in the Levitical laws (Leviticus 11-15), where physical and spiritual purity were essential for maintaining a covenant relationship with God. I tried to cleanse you but you would not be purified from your filthiness You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and hope. 2. Israel The nation chosen by God, often depicted in the Old Testament as struggling with faithfulness and obedience to God's commands. 3. Babylonian Exile A period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for many of Ezekiel's prophecies. 4. God's Wrath Represents God's righteous anger and judgment against sin and disobedience. 5. Uncleanness Symbolic of Israel's sin and idolatry, which separated them from God. Teaching Points The Nature of SinSin is depicted as filth and uncleanness, separating us from God. Recognizing the severity of sin is crucial for understanding our need for divine cleansing. God's Desire for Purity God desires His people to be pure and holy. Despite Israel's repeated failures, God's intention was always to cleanse and restore them. The Consequences of Rebellion Persistent rebellion against God leads to judgment. Israel's refusal to be cleansed resulted in God's wrath, serving as a warning for us today. The Necessity of Repentance True cleansing requires repentance. Without a genuine turning away from sin, we cannot experience the fullness of God's forgiveness and restoration. Hope in God's Mercy Even in judgment, there is hope. God's wrath is not eternal for those who turn back to Him. His mercy and grace are available to all who seek Him. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Ezekiel 24:13?2. How does Ezekiel 24:13 illustrate God's view on sin and impurity? 3. What does "I tried to cleanse you" reveal about God's patience with Israel? 4. How can Ezekiel 24:13 guide us in pursuing personal holiness today? 5. Compare Ezekiel 24:13 with 1 John 1:9 on cleansing from sin. 6. What steps can we take to avoid the stubbornness described in Ezekiel 24:13? 7. What does Ezekiel 24:13 reveal about God's view on sin and impurity? 8. How does Ezekiel 24:13 challenge the concept of divine justice? 9. Why is cleansing emphasized in Ezekiel 24:13 despite Israel's resistance? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 24? 11. Does the prophecy in Isaiah 34 align or conflict with similar end-time descriptions found in other parts of Scripture? 12. What does the Bible say about angels? 13. In Ezekiel 5:2-4, does the command to burn, scatter, and bind hair contradict other biblical teachings on ritual purity or symbolism? 14. Jeremiah 4:27: Why does God declare total devastation yet say He won't 'make a full end,' and isn't this contradictory? What Does Ezekiel 24:13 Mean Because of the indecency of your uncleannessEzekiel opens this charge by spotlighting the shocking depth of Judah’s moral pollution: “Because of the indecency of your uncleanness….” • The word “indecency” points to sin so blatant that it can’t be hidden (Jeremiah 13:27; Hosea 2:2). • “Uncleanness” evokes ceremonial impurity, but here it is spiritual—idolatry, violence, and injustice (Ezekiel 22:2–12). • Isaiah 1:4–6 pictures the same condition: “The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.” The text insists that sin is not merely a mistake; it is an offense that desecrates the covenant relationship (Leviticus 18:24–30). I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness God’s patience shines: “I tried to cleanse you.” • Across centuries He sent prophets “rising up early and sending them” (Jeremiah 7:25), offering mercy (Isaiah 1:18) and reform under kings like Hezekiah and Josiah (2 Chronicles 29–31; 34–35). • Yet “you would not be purified,” echoing Stephen’s later lament, “You always resist the Holy Spirit” (Acts 7:51). • Their refusal shows that outward rituals could not substitute for wholehearted repentance (Micah 6:6–8; Amos 5:21–24). This section underscores God’s active pursuit and Judah’s stubborn rebellion (2 Chronicles 36:15-16). You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided Judgment now becomes the only path to cleansing. • Babylon’s siege (Ezekiel 24:1-2) is the furnace that will burn away dross (Ezekiel 22:17-22; Lamentations 4:11). • God’s wrath is just, measured, and purposeful—“I will discipline you, but only with justice” (Jeremiah 30:11). • Purity comes after wrath, prefiguring the gospel pattern: divine judgment satisfied, righteousness restored (Isaiah 53:5; Romans 3:25-26). Though severe, the sentence carries hope: wrath “subsides,” making room for future restoration (Ezekiel 36:24-28). summary Ezekiel 24:13 traces a tragic progression: deep-rooted impurity, rejected cleansing, and inevitable purifying judgment. God’s holiness demands that sin be addressed; His love offers repeated opportunities for repentance; His justice finally acts when mercy is spurned. Yet even in wrath He prepares the way for ultimate cleansing and restoration, a promise fulfilled perfectly in Christ’s atoning work and awaiting full realization when God’s redeemed people stand pure before Him. Hebrew Becauseיַ֤עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb Strong's 3282: Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause of the indecency זִמָּ֑ה (zim·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness of your uncleanness בְּטֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְ (bə·ṭum·’ā·ṯêḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 2932: Religious impurity I tried to cleanse you, טִֽהַרְתִּיךְ֙ (ṭi·har·tîḵ) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure but you would not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be purified טָהַ֔רְתְּ (ṭā·hart) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure from your filthiness. מִטֻּמְאָתֵךְ֙ (miṭ·ṭum·’ā·ṯêḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 2932: Religious impurity You will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be pure תִטְהֲרִי־ (ṯiṭ·hă·rî-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure again ע֔וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more until עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while My wrath חֲמָתִ֖י (ḥă·mā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison against you בָּֽךְ׃ (bāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew has subsided. הֲנִיחִ֥י (hă·nî·ḥî) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down Links Ezekiel 24:13 NIVEzekiel 24:13 NLT Ezekiel 24:13 ESV Ezekiel 24:13 NASB Ezekiel 24:13 KJV Ezekiel 24:13 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 24:13 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 24:13 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 24:13 French Bible Ezekiel 24:13 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 24:13 In your filthiness is lewdness: because (Ezek. 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