She has wearied herself with toil; its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion!
God knew Jerusalem was being sieged that very day, though Ezekiel sat in Babylon hundreds of miles away. When it came to pass exactly as the prophet announced, the people would have to admit he spoke truly from Heaven; his predictions, like his news, came from the same source.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 24:1-14
She hath wearied herself with lies,.... With serving idols, which were lying vanities; by trusting to the alliances of neighbouring nations, which deceived her; or by committing sin, in which there was no satisfaction; or it may be understood of wearying of God with their sins, and particularly with her lying promises of repentance and reformation: and her great scum went not forth out of...
herself--rather, "she hath wearied Me out with lies"; or rather, "with vain labors" on My part to purify her without being obliged to have recourse to judgments (compare Isa 43:24; Mal 2:17) [MAURER]. However, English Version gives a good sense (compare Isa 47:13; Isa 57:10).