Ezekiel 36:15 - Exposition

Neither will I cause men to hear in thee — let thee hear , proclaim against thee (Revised Version); or literally, cause to be heard against thee— the shame of the heathen any more ; i.e. the contemptuous speech uttered against thee by the heathen, equivalent to the reproach of the people ; or, peoples; i.e. the reproach cast upon thee by the nations (see Ezekiel 16:57 ; Ezekiel 22:4 ; and comp. Joshua 5:9 ; Micah 6:16 ), rather than, as Curtsy suggests, the reproach cast upon thee by thy rightful possessors for want of fertility. This prophecy clearly looked beyond the return from exile under Zerubbabel and Joshua, Ezra and Neherajah, since under these leaders only a portion of the whole house of Israel reestablished themselves in Canaan, while the land was often afterwards subjected to reproach and oppression under heathen powers. At the same time, the homecoming from Babylon and the prosperity that ensued thereupon were partial fulfillments of the blessings here promised.