John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 23:35

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God, because thou hast forgotten me, &c.] His word, worship, and ordinances, and did not attend unto them, but worshipped strange gods: so the Targum, “because thou hast left my worship:” and cast me behind thy back; or, as the same paraphrase, “hast cast the fear of me from before thine eyes;” or out of thy sight, his laws and statutes; (see <160926>Nehemiah 9:26 <230524>Isaiah 5:24), as men cast behind their backs that which they have no value for and loath, and which they do not care to see, and choose to forget: therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms; that is, the guilt of their sins, the punishment of their idolatries, and shame and confusion for them.

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