John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 23:35

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 23:35

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 23:35

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms." — Ezekiel 23:35 (ASV)

Therefore thus says the Lord God, because you have forgotten me His word, worship, and ordinances, and did not attend to them, but worshipped strange gods: so the Targum, "because you have left my worship:"

and cast me behind your back; or, as the same paraphrase, "have cast the fear of me from before your eyes;" or out of your sight, his laws and statutes; see (Nehemiah 9:26) (Isaiah 5:24) , as men cast behind their backs that which they have no value for and loathe, and which they do not care to see, and choose to forget:

therefore bear you also your lewdness and your whoredoms that is, the guilt of their sins, the punishment of their idolatries, and shame and confusion for them.