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Ezekiel 24:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13In 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “In thy filthiness is lewdness” at Ezekiel 24:13 as a specific part of “The Corroded Pot Is Emptied and Heated.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 24:6–14
Read Ezekiel 24:13 with 24:6–14. By itself, “In thy filthiness is lewdness” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The bloody city's pot is corroded beyond cleaning; pieces come out without lot, blood remains exposed, and the empty pot is heated until impurity melts.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Ezekiel 24:6–14. The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “In thy filthiness is lewdness” at Ezekiel 24:13 as a specific part of “The Corroded Pot Is Emptied and Heated.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The corrosion image does not make people disposable, authorize cleansing violence, or blame later city residents collectively.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 24:6–14 — The Corroded Pot Is Emptied and HeatedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 24:6–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 24:6–14
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