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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 23:30
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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 do these things unto thee, &c.] What the Chaldeans did God is said to do, because he suffered them to do these things, as a punishment for their sins; yea, it was according to his will, and by his orders. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, “they have done these things unto thee”; that is, the Chaldeans. The Targum is, “thy sins are the cause of these things unto thee;” that is, their idolatry and other iniquities. Hence the Syriac version is very particular, “for thy whoredoms these things shall be done unto thee;” and the Arabic version, “thy whoredom hath done (or is the cause of) these things unto thee,” as follows: because thou hast gone a whoring after the Heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols; imitated them in their idolatries; worshipped the same dunghill gods as they did, as the word signifies; with which it was no wonder they should be polluted, and become abominable unto God.
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