Ezekiel 39:26 - Exposition

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 their own land; and these two experiences, the Captivity and the Restoration, the driving out and the bringing in, should complete their conversion to Jehovah, and secure their perpetual enjoyment of Jehovah's favor.