Ezekiel 39:24
in Ezekiel 39I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them.
KJV
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
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This verse in Ezekiel 39
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis prophecy begins as that before ( ch. xxxviii. 3, 4 , I am against thee, and I will turn thee back ); for there is need of line upon line, both for the conviction of Israel's enemies and the comfort of Israel's friends. Here, as there, it is foretold that God will bring this enemy from the north parts, as formerly the Chaldeans were fetched from the north, Jer. i.
This site's exposition
set my glory among the heathen
on Ezekiel 39:21-24
I will set my glory among the heathen states the purpose behind the whole episode, and the recognition formula lands twice in these four verses, once on Israel and once on the watching nations. The chapter is honest about the reason for the exile in the first place, for their iniquity, because they trespassed against me, the same charge the book has laid since its opening chapters rather than blaming the strength of Babylon alone. According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them keeps the responsibility where chapter 18 already placed it, on the sinning soul rather than on circumstance.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 17 and following) 'Therefore, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Speak to every winged creature, to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field or the countryside: Come together and hasten, gather from all around to my sacrifice that I have offered to you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And it will appear much for the glory of God when the world is made to know, 1. That God punishes sin even in his own people, because he hates it most in those that are nearest and dearest to him, Amos iii. It is the praise of justice to be impartial.
According to their uncleanness,....
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּטֻמְאָתָ֥ם | ketumatam | according to uncleanness their | H2932 → | 36 times |
| וּכְפִשְׁעֵיהֶ֖ם | ukhefisheihem | and according to transgressions their | H6588 → | 93 times |
| עָשִׂ֣יתִי | ʾasiti | I have dealt | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וָאַסְתִּ֥ר | vaastir | and I hid | H5641 → | 80 times |
| פָּנַ֖י | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מֵהֶֽם׃ ס | mehem | from them |
כְּטֻמְאָתָ֥םaccording to uncleanness their
ketumatamH2932 →36 times
וּכְפִשְׁעֵיהֶ֖םand according to transgressions their
ukhefisheihemH6588 →93 times
עָשִׂ֣יתִיI have dealt
ʾasitiH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וָאַסְתִּ֥רand I hid
vaastirH5641 →80 times
פָּנַ֖יface my
panaiH6440 →2123 times
מֵהֶֽם׃ סfrom them
mehem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:18
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 4:18
Through
Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
it leads to
- Psalms 107:17
Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Psalms 107:34
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
- Psalms 107:17
Through
Jeremiah 4:18“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 2:19
Through
Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 2:17
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 3:9
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Psalms 36:1
An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
- Jeremiah 2:17
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.