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You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says Yahweh.
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Just and Deserved Consequences
Commentators agree that this verse powerfully declares God's justice. Israel's suffering was not arbitrary or excessively harsh, but the direct and deserved punishment for their own 'lewdness and abominations.' As John Calvin notes, God is silencing any complaint that He is being unfair, making it clear that the people are simply bearing the consequences of their own choices.
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Ezekiel
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16th Century
Protestant
Here God repeats what we saw before: that the Jews were deprived of all excuse. We know how bold they were in their complaints, and how they always…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have borne your lewdness and your abominations Openly and publicly; their abominable iniquities were written as …
Presbyterian
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
