You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and you have become defiled by your idols which you have made. So you have brought your days closer and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a disgrace to the nations, and an object of mocking to all the lands.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Your days, — that is, of judgment; "your years," that is, of visitation (compare Ezekiel 20:25, Ezekiel 20:39).

A repro…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Your days ... your years. —Namely, of judgment and visitation. The Rabbinical commentators interpret the days as the dest…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

You are become guilty in your blood that you have shed
Not only she contracted guilt by the innocent blood she shed,…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The prophet is to judge the bloody city, the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called because of her crimes.

The sins with which Jerusalem stan…