Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 14:11

"that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah." — Ezekiel 14:11 (ASV)

“God,” it has been said, “punishes sins by means of sins,” but the end is the re-establishment of righteousness.