John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols." — Ezekiel 23:30 (ASV)
And I will do these things unto you
What the Chaldeans did God is said to do, because he suffered them to do these things, as a punishment for their sins; yea, it was according to his will, and by his orders. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, "they have done these things unto you"; that is, the Chaldeans. The Targum is, "your sins are the cause of these things unto you;" that is, their idolatry and other iniquities. Hence the Syriac version is very particular, "for your whoredoms these things shall be done unto you;" and the Arabic version, "your whoredom has done (or is the cause of) these things unto you," as follows:
because you have gone a whoring after the Heathen, and because you
are polluted with their idols ;
imitated them in their idolatries; worshipped the same dunghill gods as they did, as the word signifies; with which it was no wonder they should be polluted, and become abominable unto God.