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Ezekiel 36:7

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7 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'I have sworn * that surely * the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.
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Ezekiel 36:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:7

Therefore thus saith the Lord God
This being the case, the people of God being in distress, and under shame and disgrace, and the enemy insulting them, and triumphing over them: I have lifted up mine hand;
solemnly swore; lifting up of the hand being a rite used by men when they swore, ( Genesis 14:22 ) : surely the Heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame;
the punishment of their shame; that which is justly due to them for reproaching and putting to shame the people of God: or they shall be a laughing stock to others, and be reproached and derided themselves, and so be paid in their own coin; a just retaliation this for their treatment of the Jews.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 36:7 In-Context

5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey."
6 'Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have endured the insults of the nations.'
7 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.
8 'But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.
9 'For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "lifted up My hand"
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