Ezekiel 36:19

19 "Also I ¹scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. ²According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.

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 "Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

18 "Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.

19 "Also I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.

20 "When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD ; yet they have come out of His land.'

21 "But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 28:64; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 22:15; Amos 9:9
• 2. Ezekiel 24:14; Ezekiel 39:24; Romans 2:6