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For thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
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God's Just Response
Commentators emphasize that God's judgment is a direct and just response to Israel's actions. The principle is "I will deal with you as you have done." Because Israel first broke the covenant, God is not being unfaithful by enacting judgment; rather, He is justly responding to their treachery, as a broken covenant requires consequences.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
In breaking the covenant. —This was the particular point of the heinousness of the sin of the Jews, and the one which so greatly a…
16th Century
Protestant
Here, also, God addresses the false objection with which the Jews might contend with Him; for whatever they were, God had nevertheless entered into…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For thus says the Lord God. And what he says may be depended upon as truth, and what will certainly come to pass.
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Presbyterian
After a full warning of judgments, mercy is remembered, mercy is reserved. These closing verses are a precious promise, partly fulfilled at the ret…
