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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 16:50
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they were haughty, &c.] Sodom and her daughters, the inhabitants of that place, and the cities adjacent; they lifted up themselves above God and man; they were above regarding the poor and needy; and were elated and swelled with their plenty and prosperity, and behaved very insolently, both to fellow citizens and strangers; (see <011904>Genesis 19:4,5,9); and committed abomination before me; perhaps referring to that sin, which has its name from them; a sin abominable to God, and scandalous to human nature; and which they committed openly and publicly, neither fearing God, nor regarding men; and are said to be sinners before the Lord, (<011313>Genesis 13:13); therefore I took them away as I saw [good]; both as to time and manner, as he in his sovereignty thought most fit and proper, by raining fire and brimstone on them, and setting them forth as an example of the vengeance of eternal fire: or, “when I saw”f239; their sin and wickedness, as soon as he saw it; (see <011820>Genesis 18:20,21). The Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it, “as thou sawest”, or “hast seen”; appealing to the Jews themselves, who were very well acquainted with the fact; for the destruction of Sodom was notorious and flagrant.
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