Ezequiel 36:18

18 Por essa razão derramei sobre eles a minha ira, porque eles derramaram sangue na terra e porque se contaminaram com seus ídolos.

Ezequiel 36:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:18

Wherefore I poured my fury on them
Like a mighty flood that carries all before it, in just retaliation for the blood they had shed upon the land;
the innocent blood, as the Targum; the blood of righteous men, that opposed and reproved them for their sinful ways; the blood of the prophets, that were sent to warn them of them; and especially the blood of the Son of God; for this prophecy reaches further than to the times of the Babylonish captivity: and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it;
or, "for their dung" ^F13; their dunghill gods; not only for their idols, and their idolatry, before the Babylonish captivity, which they after that were free from; but for the traditions of their elders, they set up against and above the word of God; and their own legal righteousness, their idols, the works of their hands, which wore as dung; and through their attachment to which they rejected Christ and his righteousness; and which brought wrath upon them, and them into their present captivity.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (Mhylwlgb) "stercoreis diis suis", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; "stercoribus suis", Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezequiel 36:18 In-Context

16 De novo a palavra do SENHOR veio a mim, dizendo:

17 “Filho do homem, quando os israelitas moravam em sua própria terra, eles a contaminaram com sua conduta e com suas ações. Sua conduta era à minha vista como a impureza menstrual de uma mulher.

18 Por essa razão derramei sobre eles a minha ira, porque eles derramaram sangue na terra e porque se contaminaram com seus ídolos.

19 Eu os dispersei entre as nações, e eles foram espalhados entre os povos; eu os julguei de acordo com a conduta e as ações deles.

20 E, por onde andaram entre as nações, eles profanaram o meu santo nome, pois se dizia a respeito deles: ‘Esse é o povo do SENHOR, mas assim mesmo teve que sair da terra que o SENHOR lhe deu’.