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that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.
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A Perverse Comfort
Commentators explain that Judah's downfall provided a twisted 'comfort' to notoriously wicked nations like Sodom and Samaria. This wasn't genuine solace but a perverse satisfaction. The realization that their sin had this effect was meant to be the ultimate source of shame for God's people, forcing them to see how low they had fallen.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You are a comfort to them - The degradation of Judah would be a kind of consolation to others. Compare Isaiah 14:0.
19th Century
Anglican
You are a comfort to them. —Compare what was said of justifying them in Ezekiel 16:51-52. The greater sin of Judah became a comfor…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore, we gather from the last verse that God gave the Jews no hope of safety, but rather confirmed their utter destruction, so that no future …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That you may bear your own shame. So long as the captivity remains; even until Sodom and Samaria, the Gentiles, and the t…
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
