Ezekiel 14:23

“And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings, &c.] Not that their sinful ways and doings would be comfortable to them, but either their acknowledgments of them, and repentance for them; or, seeing their dissolute manner of life, it would be a means of composing their minds, and making them easy under the providence; being now satisfied that God was just in bringing upon them all the evils he had, and that they were punished according to their deserts, and less than their sins deserved: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God; that there was just reason for it; that he was sufficiently provoked to do it; and…”

“they shall comfort you--not in words, but by your recognizing in their manifest guilt, that God had not been unjustly severe to them and the city. This chapter represents, in the way of a brief introduction, what the sixteenth chapter details minutely. Next: Ezekiel Chapter 15”

“Jeremiah 14:0; Jeremiah 15:0 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitants of Judaea. The answer discovers the nature of the questions which had been expressed or implied. (1) Can God cast out a people who are holy unto Himself? (2) Is it just to punish them with utter desolation? The prophet answers: (1) That when a people is so corrupt as to call down national judgment, individual piety shall save none but the individuals themselves. (2) The corrupt condition of the people shall be made so manifest, that none will question the justice of God in dealing thus severely…”

“Comfort you - That is, you will be comforted, when you compare their case with your own: when they tell you how righteous God was, in bringing these judgments upon them. This will reconcile you to the justice of God, in thus punishing his own people, and to the goodness of God, who now appeared to have had kind intentions in all. Next: Ezekiel Chapter 15”

“that I have not: Eze 8:6-18, Eze 9:8, Eze 9:9; Gen 18:22-33; Deu 8:2; Neh 9:33; Pro 26:2; Jer 7:17-28; Jer 22:8, Jer 22:9; Dan 9:7, Dan 9:14; Rom 2:5; Rev 15:4, Rev 16:6 Next: Ezekiel Chapter 15”