E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 39:23
iniquity. Hebrew ` avah . App-41 . trespassed = committed treachery. Hebrew. ma'al App-44 . read more
iniquity. Hebrew ` avah . App-41 . trespassed = committed treachery. Hebrew. ma'al App-44 . read more
transgressions = rebellions. Hebrew. pasha '. App-44 . read more
"And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment which I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. So the house of Israel shall know that I am Jehovah their God, from that day and forward. And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them.""And the nations shall know ..." (Ezekiel 39:23). "The big lesson the nations needed to learn was the... read more
22. So the house of Israel shall know . . . Lord—by My interposition for them. So, too, the heathen shall be led to fear the name of the Lord ( :-). read more
23. hid I my face— (Deuteronomy 31:17; Isaiah 59:2). read more
The ignominious end of the enemy 39:17-24This message expands on one event that will take place at the end of the invasion (cf. Ezekiel 39:4). read more
God’s judgment of Gog would glorify Him greatly in the eyes of the rest of the world. Israel too would learn in a fresh way that He was their God (cf. the Exodus). read more
B. Restoration to the Promised Land 33:21-39:29"The concept of the land is particularly significant to the six messages [Ezekiel 33:21 to Ezekiel 39:29] delivered in that one night before the news of Jerusalem’s fall reached the exiles in Babylonia [cf. Ezekiel 33:21-22]. Since Jerusalem had fallen, would the land be lost to Israel (Ezekiel 33:21-33)? It was the false ’shepherds’ of Israel who had lost the land for Israel by leading the people astray from the truth. But the true ’shepherd,’ the... read more
Then the nations would understand that it was not out of weakness that Yahweh permitted the Israelites to go into exile and die but because He was punishing them for their sins. That is why they had suffered as they had and the Lord had not responded to their cries for deliverance. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 39:22
God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . read more