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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 6:8-10

Judgment had hitherto triumphed, but in these verses mercy rejoices against judgment. A sad end is made of this provoking people, but not a full end. The ruin seems to be universal, and yet will I leave a remnant, a little remnant, distinguished from the body of the people, a few of many, such as are left when the rest perish; and it is God that leaves them. This intimates that they deserved to be cut off with the rest, and would have been cut off if God had not left them. See Isa. 1:9. And it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:9

And they that escape of you shall remember me ,.... Either my grace and mercy to them, as Jarchi; or the fear of me, as the Targum; and so return by repentance, and worship the Lord their God, being influenced by his kindness and goodness to them: even when among the nations, whither they shall be carried captive ; so that their afflictions should be sanctified and made useful to them: in prosperity men are apt to forget God; in adversity they are brought to a sense of themselves and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:10

And they shall know that I am the Lord ,.... As in Ezekiel 6:7 ; and that I have not said in vain ; either within himself, in his own purposes and decrees; so the Targum, "I have not in vain decreed in my word;' or by the mouth of the prophets: that I would do this evil unto them ; in carrying them captive, and dispersing them in other lands; for this is not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment, or of affliction. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:9

They that escape of you shall remember me - Those that escape the sword, the pestilence, and the famine, and shall be led into captivity, shall plainly see that it is God who has done this, and shall humble themselves on account of their abominations, leave their idolatry, and worship me alone. And this they have done from the Babylonish captivity to the present day. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:9

Verse 9 I see that I cannot finish, and I think the time is advancing. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:10

Verse 10 He now mentions the fruit of their repentance, because the Israelites were beginning at length to attribute just honor to his prophecies. For we know that they trifled carelessly while the Prophets were threatening them. Because, therefore, they were in the habit of destroying confidence in all the servants of God, and of reducing as it were their truth to nothing, the Prophet says, that when they repented they would then perceive that God had not spoken in vain. While they were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:8-10

Many lost; few saved. The prospects of God's kingdom on the earth have never been wholly dark. A glint of light has always pierced the heavy clouds of gloom. Among the diseased grapes of the cluster, a solitary sound one is found. A thousand acorns are on the oak in autumn time; three or four only take root and flourish. The elect are still the few. But it shall not always be so. The turning point in their fortune is repentance. The internal change must always precede the external. I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:8-10

Stages in the soups prestress from sin unto salvation. "Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations," etc. These verses exhibit the exercise of mercy even in the execution of judgment; and they indicate certain stages in the restoration of a remnant of the people to the Lord Jehovah. I. SIN LEADING TO PUNISHMENT . In dealing with previous paragraphs we have already spoken of the sin and of the punishment of the Israelites.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:9

Because I am broken with their whorish heart. The words have been very differently rendered. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:9

Self-loathing. This very strong and very remarkable assertion concerning the remnant of Israel that should be spared amid the destruction and desolation about to overtake the nation and its metropolis, is a proof to every thoughtful reader that the mind of the prophet was occupied not so much with the external and political aspects of history as with the moral. In his view supreme importance is attached to the result of experience upon character. So regarded, calamity may be "blessing in... read more

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