John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:16
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me ,.... Here begins another prophecy, which was delivered about the same time with the former: saying ; as follows: read more
エゼキエル書 36:16-21 Jcb
John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:17
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land ,.... The land of Canaan, which the Lord their God gave unto them; a land abounding with all good things, where they dwelt in great ease, plenty, and prosperity; and which also was a holy land, peculiarly chosen of God for his worship and service: they defiled it by their own way and by their doings : by their sinful ways and evil works: sin is of a defiling nature; it defiles the bodies and souls of men; it defiles their own,... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:20
And when they entered unto the Heathen, whither they went ,.... When the Jews went into the Heathen countries, whither they were carried captive, either by the Chaldeans, or by the Romans: they profaned my holy name ; by their irreligion and immorality; by their violation of both tables of the law; by their wicked lives and conversations, whereby they gave the enemy an occasion to reproach them, their religion, and their God, Romans 2:24 , when they said to them, these are the... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:21
But I had pity for my holy name ,.... Had pity on the Jews for his name's sake, and not theirs; or he had a tender concern for his own honour and glory: which the house of Israel had profaned among the Heathen, whither they went ; and therefore was resolved to take a method for the glorifying of it, and that in a way of special grace and mercy to his people; See Gill on Ezekiel 36:20 . read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 36:17
When the house of Israel dwelt in their own land - Had they continued faithful to me, they had never been removed from it: but they polluted it with their crimes; and I abhorred the land on that account, and gave both them and it up to the destroyers. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 36:20
And when they entered unto the heathen - So bad were they, and so deeply fallen, that they profaned the Lord's name among the heathen; and, on their account, the true God was blasphemed. These, say they, are the people of Jehovah! O what an abominable people are these! and what a being must that God be who can have and own such for his people! read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 36:1-38
The present chapter is entirely devoted to the consolation of Israel, though its parts are derived from two separate "words" of Jehovah. Ezekiel 36:1-15 belong to the "word" which opened with the first verse of the preceding chapter; Ezekiel 36:16 begins another "word," which only closes at Ezekiel 37:14 . The subject of the first part is the comfort offered to Israel in the destruction threatened against the heathen, and in the blessings promised to her land and people. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 36:16-24
When God promised the poor captives a glorious return, in due time, to their own land, it was a great discouragement to their hopes that they were unworthy, utterly unworthy, of such a favour; therefore, to remove that discouragement, God here shows them that he would do it for them purely for his own name's sake, that he might be glorified in them and by them, that he might manifest and magnify his mercy and goodness, that attribute which of all others is most his glory. And, the restoration... read more