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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 34:20
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them, &c.] To the rams and he goats of the flock, that use the pastures and defile the waters after this manner, and make them unfit for the lesser cattle; or that use the poor people of God after this sort: behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. The Targum is, “between the rich man and the poor man;” this is repeated, and in very strong terms, for the confirmation of it: this the Lord promised to do, and he has done it by his son, to whom he committed all judgment; and who, in the days of his flesh, made a difference between those who were full of themselves, self-righteous persons; who were selfsufficient, and needed not repentance, nor any other righteousness but their own; who trusted in themselves, and despised others: and may be meant by the “fat cattle”: and between those who were low and mean in their own eyes, humble and meek, weary and heavy laden, hungering and thirsting after the righteousness of another: now for judgment did Christ come, that they which see not might see, and those who saw might be made blind; he called the one, and not the other, to repentance; made known the things of the Gospel to babes, and hid them from the wise and prudent; rejected the one, and had compassion on the other; (see <430522>John 5:22 9:39 <400913>Matthew 9:13,36 11:25,26), and when he comes a second time, he will judge between these, and separate them; and set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left, (<402531>Matthew 25:31-33).
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