Ezekiel 36:19

19 I condemned them for the way they lived and acted, and I scattered them through foreign countries.

Ezekiel 36:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:19

And I scattered them among the Heathen
First by the Chaldeans, in the various provinces of Babylon; and next by the Romans, in the various parts of the world; and in this condition they now are: and they were dispersed through the countries;
or blown about as chaff, stubble, or any such like thing, is by the wind: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them;
condemned and punished them as their evil ways and wicked works deserved, according to the rules of justice and equity; so that no injustice was done them, nor could any fault be justly found in the proceedings of God towards them.

Ezekiel 36:19 In-Context

17 "Mortal man," he said, "when the Israelites were living in their land, they defiled it by the way they lived and acted. I regarded their behavior as being as ritually unclean as a woman is during her monthly period.

18 I let them feel the force of my anger because of the murders they had committed in the land and because of the idols by which they had defiled it.

19 I condemned them for the way they lived and acted, and I scattered them through foreign countries.

20 Wherever they went, they brought disgrace on my holy name, because people would say, "These are the people of the Lord, but they had to leave his land.'

21 That made me concerned for my holy name, since the Israelites brought disgrace on it everywhere they went.