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My face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane my secret [place]; and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it.
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God Turns His Face Away
Commentators emphasize that the disaster begins with God deliberately turning His face away. As John Calvin explains, Israel's safety was entirely dependent on God's protective gaze. By withdrawing His presence, God exposes them to the calamities that follow, showing that their security was never in their own strength but in His favor.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My secret place — The inner sanctuary, hidden from the multitude, protected by the most high.
19th Century
Anglican
My secret place. —The holy of holies, sacredly guarded from all intrusion, and representing the very culmination of both the relig…
16th Century
Protestant
Regarding the beginning of the verse, there is no ambiguity, for God pronounces that the Jews would be miserable, because he would avert his fa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My face will one turn also from them Deny them his presence, and withdraw his protection from them; show them no fav…
Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin may justly be left to pine away in it.
There are many who…
