What is the meaning of Ezekiel 5:13? My anger is spent “And when My anger is spent…” • The phrase signals a limit set by God Himself on the duration of His wrath. His anger is righteous, measured, and tied to covenant violations (Ezekiel 4–5; Deuteronomy 28:15–68). • Cross references show the same pattern: “For in a very little while My wrath will be spent” (Isaiah 10:25), and “The LORD has accomplished His wrath” (Lamentations 4:11). • The image is not of God losing control but of God completing a just response to persistent rebellion (2 Chronicles 36:15-17). I have vented My wrath “…and I have vented My wrath against them…” • Ezekiel had just dramatized siege, starvation, sword, and scattering (Ezekiel 5:1-12). Those enacted judgments explain how the wrath would be “vented.” • Similar language appears in Ezekiel 7:8 (“I will pour out My wrath upon you”) and in 2 Kings 25, where Babylon’s invasion fulfilled the warning. • God’s wrath is never arbitrary; it is the necessary outworking of His holiness against sin (Nahum 1:2-3; Romans 1:18). I will be appeased “…I will be appeased.” • Once justice is fully carried out, God’s indignation is pacified. “So I will calm My fury against you… I will be pacified and angry no more” (Ezekiel 16:42). • This foreshadows the wider biblical theme of propitiation—wrath satisfied so that mercy may flow (Leviticus 16; Romans 3:25; 1 John 2:2). • For Judah, the exile would eventually clear the way for restoration (Jeremiah 29:10-14). They will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken “And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.” • The ultimate purpose of judgment is revelation: people must recognize who God is (Ezekiel 6:7; 11:10; 37:13-14). • “Zeal” underscores His passionate commitment to His own glory and to covenant faithfulness (2 Kings 19:31; Isaiah 42:13). • Post-exilic confession proves the point: Daniel 9:4-14 acknowledges the justice of the exile and the truthfulness of God’s word. summary Ezekiel 5:13 declares that God’s disciplined wrath against covenant breakers would run its full course, fully satisfy His justice, and leave no doubt about His sovereign zeal. Once His anger reached its predetermined limit, He would be appeased, and the survivors would understand that every warning came from the living LORD who always speaks—and acts—truthfully. |
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