John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 21:24

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 21:24

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 21:24

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand." — Ezekiel 21:24 (ASV)

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because of their vain confidence, added to their perjury and perfidy.

because you have made your iniquity to be remembered; their old sins, by committing new ones, both against the Lord, and against the king of Babylon.

in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear;

both in their religious and civil actions; in the worship of God, and in their covenants and agreements with men; their sins were exposed and manifest to all, not only to God, who was provoked thereby, but to men, to the nations round about; particularly to Nebuchadnezzar, who was enraged by them.

because, I say, that they are come to remembrance; both before the Lord, and the king of Babylon.

you shall be taken with the hand; as easily as a bird is, when in the snare. The Targum is, "you shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon;" which is no doubt the sense of the passage.