John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 39:24

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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According to their uncleanness, &c.] Not ceremonial, but moral; they were an impure and adulterous generation, as our Lord calls them, (<401239>Matthew 12:39 16:4): and according to their transgressions have I done unto them; or “rebellions”, as the Targum renders it; or defections, as the wordf678 signifies; their rebellions against the King Messiah; their defections from him; their contempt of him, and rejection of his yoke, and non-submission to his ordinances; according to the desert of such crimes, the Lord dealt with them; “took vengeance on them,” as the Targum is; in the destruction of their nation, city, and temple: “and hid my face from them”; or caused his Shechaniah to remove from them, as the same paraphrase; (See Gill on “<263923>Ezekiel 39:23”).

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