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14 Theretore thou ſhalt devour z men no more , nei-* ther || bereave thy nations any more , faith yo Lord
D. Vet ' . 4 o_ will ſo bleſs thee, O Land, that thou ſhalt bring forth,4nd breed | vp man Sons and Daughters ;
1creaſe, and this Reproach ſhall ceaſe for ever. |
h of the people any more , neither ſhalt thou} _ "Oo nations 6 to fall any more , faith the. Lord
GOD.
"Verſe is a Confirmation of what was promiſed in 12, 13, 14- wa ail which is doubled for more aſſurance, and each part al- ready explicated. a Ver. 6.let. f. and wer. 13. let. u. x. b Ver. 13.
let. y. 16 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me,
ſay *- Son of man, when the houſe of Iſrael dwelt in their
own c land , they defiled 4 it by their owne way, and by their doings f ; their way was before me as the unclean- nes g of a removed woman.
- In Fuineſs, Eaſe and Security, as in days paſt they did. d Brought *1 much Sin, and great Gujlt upon the Land. z. e. on themſelves, who welt there, and ſinned greatly. e Leaving my Law, deſpiſing my Counſel, forſaking my Worſhip and Temple. f By their Carriage, and Pra&ices in their whole Converſation. g Or,as one excommuni- cate, and cut off from the Congregation, becauſe of ſome great Sin. Or ſince [dolatry is ſo often compar'd to Fornication and Whoredom, poſſibly it may be here the Filthineſs of Spiritual Whoredom ;I hated, and loathed the Filthineſs of their Ways, as I would the Impurity of a whoriſh Woman proſtituting her ſelf for Gain. The word may in- clude the Reward of a Whore, as it doth Ezek. 16. 33.
18 Wherefore + I poured my fury : upon them for the blood that they had ſhed & upon the land, and for their idols 1 wherewith they had polluted it.
hb Theſe and other Sins were the true Cauſe that the Land was emptied of Men ; there was no ground for the Heathen Calumny. i I was angry with them, and the Effe&'s of my Anger were ſuch as made the Land and Cities deſolate. & For Murders committed in the Land, and frequently charged on them, Eze. 22. 3,6,9.12,27. and _ 23.45. 1 Idolatry was another of their Sins, which brought Deſo- lation on them.
is And I 7 ſcattered them among the heathen , and they were diſperſed » through the countries : according to their way and according to their .doings 1 judged them » :
'1 My Hand ſcatter'd them ; and what Hand can retain the Inhabi- tants that God will fling out? »» Driven away, as Chaff before the Wind. n As their Ways and Doings provoked me, and deſerved what I brought on thern, ſo I judged them, and puniſh'd them with Deſolation.
20 And when they centred o unto the heathen
whither they went, *they * profaned p mine holy
£ZEKEEL fthelr Hope of encreaſing innutmbers of Men, Mercy is the Spring and Fountain ; the vindicating my N ame from z'l NDOT EY G Imputation of Weakneſs or Unfaichfulneſs, and the magnitying the
thou ſhalt ſee thy Childrens Children, ,,,,.. profaned « among the heathen, which
rofaned in the midſt of 1c * Neither will 1 cauſe 97 to hear inthee the ſhame F, 1 nom
; of the heathen any more , neither ſhalt thou bear the GOD,
Glory of my Goodneſs. Wiſdom, Truth and Power, are the Reatonsg
on which I do what I do for 1j-2:/. z Broughtunder ſuſpicion with che Heathen, who think that the only and almighty God ſhould do better for his own and only People.
23 And I will fandifie a my great 5 name which
ye &d have them, and the heathen that I azz the LORDe, faith the Lord
eyes.
2 By clearing it up, and removing the ObjeQion that the Jews Sufferings and Sins among the Bavy/mians had raiſed. 6b They gave the Heathen occaſion to think meanly and contempribly of me ; bur I will ſhew I amas great as good, in both inflaite, c Seewey. 20, let. p, and ver. 22, let, z. d. God chargeth the Jews with the Blaſphemies the Heathen caſt on God ; the Jews were the cauſe of them, and rhey are therefore juſtly imputed to the Jews. e By what I do, the Heathen ſhall know what I am ; and from the great and good Things I do for you , performing my Promiſes, and purifying you, ſhail ſee I am Great, Good, Faithful and Holy ; then ſhall I be ſanRified in you ,
as Thave been profaned- by you in their Eyes; and ſo *twas Pſal. 127. 2.
24 For* T] will take f you from among the heathen, * and gather g you out of all countreys, and will bring you into + your own land.
F The Heathen purpoſe, as Pharach did, to detain you Servants ; think it impoſſible any Power ſhould take you out of their hand , or break the Yoke ; but I will doir, I will by omniporent Hand reſcue you from their Power. g They were ſcattered to through 127 Pro- vinces, that the Heathen judged it impoſſible to reafſemble chem, buc God will dothis too. þ So many Dithculties lay in their way of ger- ring into their own Land, that they thought them inſuperable; ſo long Journey, ſo many Enemies, and ſtrong, crafty and malicious; fo weak, poor and unarmed People, &7. yet alltheſe ſhall not prevent me, I will bring them ſafe totbeir own Land, and ſettle them. When this is done, they ſhall confeſs, and the Heathen ſhall confeſs, thatT am Great, Good, Wiſe, and Faithful ro my Promiſe; a God not like cheirs, but worthy to be thought well of, and to be ſpoken well of, to be praiſed and obey'd.
25 T Then will I ſprinkle s clean water & upon you , and ye ſhall be clean /- from all » your filthineſs, and from all your idols » will I cleanſe you.
z; He alludes to the Sprinklings under the Law, perhaps to tha: Num. 19, 9. which was for purification of Sin, and 19, 20 Yer/Jes. 36 God will purify them from their Guilt. & Some think it may refer to Baptiſmal Water : if ſo, *tis to the Blood of Chriſt ſignified by it ; and this, ſay beſt Expoſitors, is here intended, and this is the Blood of Sprinkling, Heb. 12. 24. ! When Sin is remitted , the Perſon is in. deedclean, both in account of God and Chriſt. zz Though they have been many of all Sorts, and among all Ranks of Men, yet multirude of Sins ſhall not hinder me from pardoning. » That notorious great Abo. mination, your multiply'd Idolatry,I will pardon that alfothat yemay beclean. Thus Remiſlion of Sin 1s promiſed.
26 A new 0 heart alſo will I give p you, and a new q ſpirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the
name, when they q ſaid to 7 them, Theſe s are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. | |