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Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution [brought] from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.
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A Severe Mercy
Commentators point out a significant historical fulfillment of this verse. God's judgment through the Babylonian exile, as severe as it was, effectively cured the nation of Israel from its long-standing practice of idolatry. It demonstrates that God's discipline, though painful, can serve a powerful, purifying purpose.
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Ezekiel
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you; That is, their idolatry; for, after this captivity, the Jews never were…
Presbyterian
A history of the apostasy of God's people from Him, and its aggravation.
In this parable, Samaria and Israel are called Aholah (meaning "her…
