John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 22:24

"Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation." — Ezekiel 22:24 (ASV)

Son of man, say to her, you land
You land of Israel, as the Targum: you are 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 14:17Zechariah 14:18) .

In the Talmud ^F8 , this text is brought to prove that the flood did not come upon the land of Israel.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8: T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 113. 1.