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and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
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A Public Spectacle of Judgment
Commentators explain that God's judgment against hidden idolatry is not a private matter. The sinner becomes "a sign and a proverb"—a public spectacle of horror. The severity of the punishment is designed to be astonishing, serving as a stark warning and demonstrating how seriously God views the sin of a divided heart. As John Calvin notes, the greatness of the punishment reveals the heinousness of the crime.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Will make him - Or, I will make him amazed (Ezekiel 32:10); or, astonished, so as to be a sign and a proverb.
19th Century
Anglican
Will make him a sign. —The text of the Hebrew is here preferable to its margin, which has been followed by our translator…
16th Century
Protestant
Here God adds that the execution of His wrath would be ready when the prophet had proclaimed it. For ungodly people always invent empty excuses for…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will set my face against that man And look him out of countenance, notwithstanding all his daring impudence an…
No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their o…
