Yehezkiel 21:17

21:17 I too will clap my hands together,

I will exhaust my rage;

I the Lord have spoken.”

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 30:15

30:15 I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, ³ 

the stronghold of Egypt;

I will cut off ⁴  the hordes of Thebes.

Yehezkiel 38:18

38:18 On that day, when Gog invades ⁵  the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.

[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.”

[30:15]  ³ tn Heb “Sin” (so KJV, NASB), a city commonly identified with Pelusium, a fortress on Egypt’s northeastern frontier.

[30:15]  ⁴ tn Or “kill.”

[38:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “goes up against.”