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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 78:39
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thus were they defiled with their own works, etc.] Not the land only, but they themselves also; or “with their works” f1532, with the works of the Heathen they learned, (<19A635>Psalm 106:35), or rather with their own works, the works of the flesh, especially their shocking idolatries: sin is of a defiling nature; it has defiled all men, it defiles all of men, all the faculties of their souls, and all the members of their bodies; nor can anything truly and thoroughly cleanse from it but the blood of Christ: even men’s works of righteousness are as filthy rags and defiling, and much more their evil works. And went a whoring with their own inventions; after other gods; idolatry is often in Scripture signified by whoredom; the idolatry of Israel and Judah is represented by two harlots and their lewd practices, in (<262301>Ezekiel 23:1) and hence the apostate church of Rome is compared to a whore, because of her idolatry, (<661701>Revelation 17:1,2,5).
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