John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 16:38

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And I will judge thee as women that break wedlock, &c.] The marriage covenant, defile the marriage bed, and were adulteresses, who by the law of Moses were to be punished with death, (<032010>Leviticus 20:10 <052222> Deuteronomy 22:22); and shed blood are judged; who also were punished with death according to the original law in (<010906>Genesis 9:6); the Jews were not only guilty of spiritual adultery, that is, idolatry; but also of murder, by sacrificing their infants to idols; and murder often follows upon adultery, as Kimchi observes; and, these people were guilty of shedding innocent blood on other accounts; but the first mentioned is chiefly designed here: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy; by way of retaliation; blood being shed, blood is given, and that in wrath and vengeance; the allusion is to a jealous and abused husband, that avenges himself of the person that has injured him; (see <661606>Revelation 16:6).

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