Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 39:17-29
The purposes of the past dispensation shall be made clear to God’s people themselves and to the pagan. His judgments were the consequence of their sins; and these sins once abandoned, the favor of their God will return in yet more abundance.Ezekiel 39:29Compare Acts 2:17. Peter distinctly appropriates these prophecies (marginal references) to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, and the inauguration of the Church of Christ by that miraculous event. This was the beginning... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:26
After they have borne their shame (comp. Ezekiel 16:52 , Ezekiel 16:54 ; Ezekiel 32:24 , Ezekiel 32:30 ; Ezekiel 34:29 ; Ezekiel 36:6 ). The captivity of Israel would not be brought back until her people had been thoroughly chastised for their iniquities, and that chastisement had wrought in them a spirit of penitence and a disposition towards obedience. Then should Jehovah interpose for their deliverance by gathering them out of their enemies' lands and leading them back to... read more