Yehezkiel 22:24

22:24 “Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that receives no rain ¹  or showers in the day of my anger.’ ² 

Yehezkiel 24:7

24:7 For her blood was in it;

she poured it on an exposed rock;

she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

Yehezkiel 24:22

24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. ³ 

[22:24]  ¹ tc The MT reads “that is not cleansed”; the LXX reads “that is not drenched,” which assumes a different vowel pointing as well as the loss of a מ (mem) due to haplography. In light of the following reference to showers, the reading of the LXX certainly fits the context well. For a defense of the emendation, see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:32. Yet the MT is not an unreasonable reading since uncleanness in the land also fits the context, and a poetic connection between rain and the land being uncleansed may be feasible since washing with water is elsewhere associated with cleansing (Num 8:7; 31:23; Ps 51:7).

[22:24]  ² tn Heb “in a day of anger.”

[24:22]  ³ tn See v. 17.