John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 39:25

"Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name." — Ezekiel 39:25 (ASV)

Therefore thus says the Lord. The Jews having been long punished for their sins, and being brought to repentance for them, and to faith in Christ, as they will be in the latter day, hence it follows, now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob;

or the captives of Jacob, the people of Israel, that have been carried captive into all lands; these shall be gathered from there, and brought into their own land:

and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; all the twelve tribes; which shows that this has not respect to the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, for then the Lord had mercy on the house of Judah only, or the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin; but their return from their present captivity and future conversion,

when all Israel shall be saved, as the fruit and effect of the rich sovereign grace and mercy of God unto them (Romans 11:25Romans 11:26).

and will be jealous for my holy name; or, "zealous" ^F12 for the glory of it, that it be no more blasphemed among the Heathen, and that it be glorified among his own people.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F12: (ytanq) "assumam zelum", V. L. "zelabo", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.