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Ezekiel 6:9

in Ezekiel 6

Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

KJV

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

This verse in Ezekiel 6

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

on Ezekiel 6:9-10

(Verse 9, 10) Because I have broken their heart by committing adultery and turning away from me, and their eyes are adulterous, looking after their idols. And they will displease each other with the evils they have done in all their abominations. And they will know that I, the Lord, have not spoken in vain, in order to bring harm upon them. Many things from this chapter have been omitted by the Septuagint, and that part has been changed. I have sworn to their adulterous heart: therefore we have put: I have broken their heart by committing adultery.

This site's exposition

Yet will I leave a remnant

on Ezekiel 6:8-10

In the middle of total judgment the Lord names an exception, a remnant that escapes the sword and is scattered among the nations rather than destroyed with the rest. Their exile is not left empty of purpose, they shall remember me among the nations, and shall loathe themselves for the evils they have committed, a broken and contrite response the earlier chapters have not yet shown from this people. Wesley reads the remnant's self-loathing as the true turning point the whole book is aimed at, judgment meant to produce grief over sin rather than merely to punish it. The recognition formula returns with an added clause, I have not said in vain that I would do this evil, answering in advance any hearer tempted to think the earlier threats were empty.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They are reprieved, and escape the sword, that they may have time to return to God. Note, God's patience both leaves room for repentance and is an encouragement to sinners to repent. Where God designs grace to repent he allows space to repent; yet many who have the space want the grace, many who escape the sword do not forsake the sin, as it is promised that these shall do.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I am broken ... - Translate: “because” I have broken “their whorish heart, which hath departed from me,” and their eyes etc. Since Ezekiel is addressing the Church of God through Israel, we are to note here that the general principle of the divine administration is laid down. Sin leads to judgment, judgment to repentance, repentance to forgiveness, forgiveness to reconciliation, reconciliation to a knowledge of communion with God.

The words behind it

28 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְזָכְר֨וּand they will remember

    vezakheruH2142230 times

  • פְלִֽיטֵיכֶ֜םescapees your

    feliteikhemH641224 times

  • אוֹתִ֗י<obj.> me

    ʾotiH85310935 times

  • בַּגּוֹיִם֮among the nations

    bagoyimH1471561 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhere

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • נִשְׁבּוּ־they have been taken captive

    nishbu-H7617

  • שָׁם֒there

    shamH8033834 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhere

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • נִשְׁבַּ֜רְתִּיI was crushed

    nishbartiH7665147 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • לִבָּ֣םheart their

    libamH3820595 times

  • הַזּוֹנֶ֗ה[which] plays the prostitute

    hazonehH218194 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H8345497 times

  • סָר֙it has turned aside

    sarH5493299 times

  • מֵֽעָלַ֔יfrom with <the> me

    mealaiH59215755 times

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH854929 times

  • עֵֽינֵיהֶ֔םeyes their

    ʾeineihemH5869887 times

  • הַזֹּנ֕וֹת[which] play the prostitute

    hazonotH218194 times

  • אַחֲרֵ֖יafter

    ʾachareiH310715 times

  • גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑םidols their

    giluleihemH154448 times

  • וְנָקֹ֙טּוּ֙and they will loathe

    venakotuH69626 times

  • בִּפְנֵיהֶ֔ם<in> faces their

    bifneihemH64402123 times

  • אֶל־because of

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • הָֽרָעוֹת֙the wicked things

    haraotH7451662 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • עָשׂ֔וּthey have done

    ʾasuH62132628 times

  • לְכֹ֖לto all

    lekholH36055413 times

  • תּוֹעֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃abominations their

    toavoteihemH8441117 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Isaiah 43:24

    You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 63:10

      But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 6:20

      What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

  • Through

    Isaiah 7:13

    Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 43:24

      You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

  • Through

    Job 42:6

    Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

    it leads to

    • Ezra 9:6

      and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

    • 1 Timothy 1:13–16

      I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

    • James 4:7–10

      Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

    • Job 40:3–4

      Then Job answered the LORD:

  • Through

    Psalms 78:40

    How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 4:30

      And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.