Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 24:13
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.
13. In thy lewdness ] Or, because of thy lewd filthiness, cf. Eze 16:27, thy lewd way.
shalt not be purged more ] i.e. shalt never be purged, till, &c., or purged so as to be again clean, till, &c.
caused to rest ] appeased, Eze 5:13, Eze 8:18, Eze 16:42.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Eze 24:13
Thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness.
Obstinacy in sin
1. Obstinacy in sin provokes God to the destruction of sinners. Her scum shall be in the fire. Jerusalem shall be burnt, and why? In thy filthiness is lewdness; thou art obstinate, hardened in thy wickedness. All sin offends, some sins provoke to judgments, obstinacy provokes to destruction (Jer 44:15).
2. In Scripture language, that is said to be done which God or men endeavour to do, though it be not done. I have purged thee. God using means, and endeavouring, by His prophets, mercies, threats, and judgments, to purge Jerusalem from her sin, is called purging, though Jerusalem were not purged.
3. A people may have the means, and not improve the same for their good.
4. People may so slip the time of repenting, and turning to God, as that it may be too late for them to go about the same; they may sin away the time of mercy. Time present is the acceptable time (2Co 6:2).
5. Those who have had means, and not profited thereby, God will deal most severely with–there is no mercy, but altogether judgment for them. The fig tree in the vineyard had stood there three years, and was not better at last than at first; the influences of heaven, and fatness of the earth, had done it no good; and behold the severity of the owner: Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? (Luk 13:7). (W. Greenhill, M. A.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 13. In thy filthiness is lewdness] zimmah, a word that denominates the worst kinds of impurity; adultery, incest, c., and the purpose, wish, design, and ardent desire to do these things. Hers were not accidental sins, they were abominations by design, and they were the worse in her, because God had cleansed her, had separated the Israelites from idolatry and idolatrous nations, and by his institutions removed from them all idolatrous incentives. But they formed alliances with the heathen, and adopted all their abominations therefore God would not spare them. See Eze 24:14.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
In thy filthiness, in thy sinning, is lewdness; deliberate resolution grown up to obstinacy and boldness, with impudence that will not be corrected.
I have purged thee; used all sorts of proper means to purge, advice, reproof, chastisements, threats of sorer sufferings, by prophets, by the rod, sometimes gentler, sometimes rougher, 2Ch 36:15; Jer 18:11,12.
Thou wast not purged; wouldst not part from thy sins, and purify thy heart and ways, Jer 25:3-7.
Thou shalt not be purged; all further use of means shall be forborne; I will preach no more by prophets to call thee to repentance, but to condemn thee for pot repenting; God will from henceforth refer them to his sore destroying judgments, which are his fury, and which shall cease when this sinful kingdom, destroyed, can no longer provoke God as they had done formerly.
Till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee: see Eze 5:13; 6:12; 16:42; 21:17.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
13. lewdnessdetermined,deliberate wickedness; from a Hebrew root, “to purpose.”
I have purged theethatis, I have left nothing untried which would tend towards purgingthee, by sending prophets to invite thee to repentance, by givingthee the law with all its promises, privileges, and threats.
thou shalt not be purged . .. any morethat is, by My gracious interpositions; thou shaltbe left to thine own course to take its fatal consequences.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
In thy filthiness is lewdness,…. Consummate wickedness joined with impudence, and an obstinate persisting in it; though her sins were so abominable and filthy, yet she was not ashamed of them, nor could be reclaimed from them; but, like a lewd woman, or an old harlot, was bold and impudent:
because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged; made use of means for the purgation of them, by his prophets, and by exhortations and instructions given by them, and by various corrections and chastisements; but all in vain, and to no purpose, they were all without effect:
thou shall not be purged from thy filthiness any more till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee; there was no other way left to purge her from her sins, but by the fire of his wrath, and the fury of his anger, in her utter destruction.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
13. In thy filthiness is lewdness Or, R.V., margin, “For thy filthy lewdness.” (See Eze 16:27.) This includes not only the act, but the evil purpose.
Caused to rest Rather, satisfied. (See Eze 5:13; Eze 16:42.)
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“In your filthiness is lewdness (i.e. your rust represents your lewdness). Because I have purged you and you were not purged, you will not be purged from your filthiness any more until I have satisfied my fury on you.”
The rust and filthiness in the cauldron represents the lewdness of Jerusalem/Judah. God had attempted to purge her again and again (for example through the prophets and through the defeats and deportations in 605 and 597 BC), but she was still not purged. Now God recognised that every effort would only fail until He had exacted full judgment on them, until He had shown them the fullness of His anger by the total destruction of Jerusalem and a period in exile away from their land when hope will seem almost to be gone.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 24:13. In thy filthiness, &c. I had determined to cleanse thee, because thou wast unclean: but thou art not cleansed from thy filth, nor wilt thou be cleansed therefrom, till I, &c. Houbigant.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 24:13 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.
Ver. 13. In thy filthiness is lewdness, ] i.e., Thou art desperately stiff and stubborn; thy disease is complicated, and threateneth death.
Because I have purged thee,
And thou wast not purged.
Thou shalt not be purged.
Till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
thy filthiness: Eze 24:11, Eze 23:36-48, 2Co 7:1
because: Eze 22:24, 2Ch 36:14-16, Isa 5:4-6, Isa 9:13-17, Jer 6:28-30, Jer 25:3-7, Jer 31:18, Hos 7:1, Hos 7:9-16, Amo 4:6-12, Zep 3:2, Zep 3:7, Mat 23:37, Mat 23:38, Luk 13:7-9, Rev 22:11
till I: Eze 5:13, Eze 8:18, Eze 16:42, Rom 2:8, Rom 2:9
Reciprocal: Lev 13:55 – after Lev 14:43 – General Lev 26:23 – General Deu 21:18 – will not 1Sa 3:14 – the iniquity Ezr 9:13 – after all Job 20:11 – which shall lie Pro 15:10 – and he Pro 15:32 – instruction Isa 1:5 – should Isa 10:3 – And what Isa 22:14 – Surely Isa 27:9 – this therefore Jer 2:30 – In vain Jer 4:4 – lest Jer 5:3 – thou hast stricken Jer 6:29 – in vain Jer 13:27 – wilt Jer 44:6 – my fury Lam 1:9 – filthiness Lam 3:42 – thou Eze 16:36 – Because Eze 22:9 – they commit Eze 22:20 – in mine Eze 24:12 – her great Amo 4:11 – yet Mat 20:26 – minister Rev 16:9 – blasphemed Rev 17:4 – filthiness
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 24:13. The filthy lewdness refers to her idolalry which was never to be purged out of her until it was done by the Lord in the land of captivity. Because I hare purged thee is in the sense as if it said for this cause (namely, thy lewdness) I will purge thee (of idolatry) in the boiling pot of national chastisement,
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
24:13 In thy filthiness [is] lewdness: because I {m} 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.
(m) I laboured by sending my prophets to call you to repentance but you would not.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
Adultery in its many forms was part of Jerusalem’s filthiness. It clung to the city even though the Lord had sent many prophets to clean it up and had already deported many of the people (in 605 and 597 B.C.). Now it was time for a thorough purging of the pot by the fire of God’s wrath since cleansing with water had not been effective. Water and fire are two of God’s favorite instruments of judgment, according to Scripture (cf. 2Pe 3:5-7).