John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 7

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying .
Or again, as the Arabic version; for this is a distinct prophecy from the former; though of the same kind with it; and was delivered out, either immediately upon the former; or, however, some time between that and the following in the next chapter, which has a date to it. The Targum calls it the word of prophecy from the Lord.

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of
Israel
The inhabitants of it; not the ten tribes, who were already carried captive; but the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and those that were with them, who dwelt in the land. The mountains, hills, rivers, and valleys, were before addressed; now the land itself: what the Lord by the prophet said unto the land, or the people of it, follows:

an end :
for here a colon is to be placed; that is, the end of God's patience and forbearance; he would bear with them no longer, at least but a very little while; the time of vengeance was coming upon them, and an utter consumption should be made of them; see (Lamentations 4:18) ;

the end is come upon the four corners of the earth ,
or "land"; for not the whole world, and the end of that, as in (Matthew 24:3) , are meant; but the land of Judea and the destruction of it, which should be general; upon the four wings of it, as in the Hebrew text; that is, in all parts of it, east, west, north, and south.

The Targum is, ``the punishment of the end, or the punishment determined to come upon the four winds of the earth;'' see (Revelation 7:1) ; and this punishment was just going to be inflicted on them; for this prophecy was in the sixth year of King Zedekiah; and in the ninth year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem; and in the eleventh year took it, (2 Kings 25:1 2 Kings 25:2) .

Now [is] the end [come] upon you
This is repeated for the confirmation of it, and for the sake of application of it to the people of Israel, of whom he had before spoken in the third person; but now in the second, in order to arouse them, and excite attention: and I will send mine anger upon you ;
the token of it, the punishment of their sins: and I will judge you according to your ways ;
pass sentence, and execute it, as their evil ways and practices deserved: and I will recompense ,
or "put upon you" ^F6 , all your abominations ;
cause them to bear as a burden the just punishment of their detestable iniquities; which would be more than they would be able to bear, though not more than they deserved.

FOOTNOTES:

• F6: (Kyle yttn) "ponam super te", Pagninus; "dabo super te", Montanus; "reponam super te", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus.

And mine eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity , &c.] Though the punishment will be heavy, and the lamentation will be great; see (Ezekiel 5:11) ;

but I will recompense your ways upon you ; the evil of punishment for the evil of sin, the righteous demerit of their actions:

and your abominations shall be in the midst of you ; not taken away, unatoned for, and indeed not repented of. The Targum is, ``and the punishment of thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee:''

and you shall know that I [am] the Lord ; to whom vengeance belongs; who takes notice of sinful actions, and punishes for them; to whom appertain the perfections of omniscience, omnipotence, and punitive justice.

Thus says the Lord God
Here should be a stop, a colon, requiring attention to what follows, it being something awful and terrible: an evil, an only evil, behold, it comes ;
meaning the destruction of the city and temple; which, though but one, was such an one as was never known before nor was there any like it. The Targum is, ``evil after evil, lo, it comes;'' one evil after another; when one evil is gone, another comes, as in (Ezekiel 7:26) . The Syriac version is, "behold, evil for evil comes"; the evil of punishment for the evil of sin.