8 That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
8 To stir up wrath and take revenge I put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.
8 To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.
8 Blood out in the open to public view to provoke my wrath, to trigger my vengeance.
8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance, I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it may not be covered."
8 So I will splash her blood on a rock for all to see, an expression of my anger and vengeance against her.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 24:8
Commentary on Ezekiel 24:1-14
(Read Ezekiel 24:1-14)
The pot on the fire represented Jerusalem besieged by the Chaldeans: all orders and ranks were within the walls, prepared as a prey for the enemy. They ought to have put away their transgressions, as the scum, which rises by the heat of the fire, is taken from the top of the pot. But they grew worse, and their miseries increased. Jerusalem was to be levelled with the ground. The time appointed for the punishment of wicked men may seem to come slowly, but it will come surely. It is sad to think how many there are, on whom ordinances and providences are all lost.