John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 7:9

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 7:9

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 7:9

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, do smite." — Ezekiel 7:9 (ASV)

And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity This verse is the same with (Ezekiel 7:4); only instead of "I will recompense your ways upon you", here it is, I will recompense you according to your ways upon you and your abominations [that] are in the midst of you; which have both the same sense, showing the equity and justice of the divine proceedings: and to the clause, it is added, and you shall know that I [am] the Lord that smites;

with the rod of his anger, inflicts punishment for sin. The Syriac version is, "that smites them"; the Jews, by suffering them to be carried captive: and so the Targum,``I am the Lord that brings upon you a smiting,'' or the blow; the sense is, that when it came, they should be sensible that it was the Lord's doing. (See Gill on Ezekiel 7:4).