Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 36:15

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezekiel 36:15

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezekiel 36:15

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"neither will I let thee hear any more the shame of the nations, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nation to stumble any more, saith the Lord Jehovah." — Ezekiel 36:15 (ASV)

Hear in you the shame of the pagan - Hear the pagan putting you to shame by their contemptuous words.

The reproach of the people - "Thy people" (your rightful possessors) shall have no cause to reproach you for lack of fertility. Were the blessings promised here merely temporal, they could not be said to be fulfilled. The land is still subject to pagan masters. The words must point to blessings yet future, spiritual blessings.

In the following chapters to the end of Ezekiel 39, the conflict between the world and God is described in its most general form, and the absolute triumph of the kingdom of God is fully depicted. The honor of God is asserted in the gathering together and the purification of His people. As the dispersion of the children of Israel was far wider and more lasting than the sojourn in Chaldea, so the reunion here predicted is far more extensive and complete. The dispersion still continues; the reunion will be in those days when Israel shall be gathered into the Church of God.