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Ezekiel 39:23

in Ezekiel 39

And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.

KJV

And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

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This verse in Ezekiel 39

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This 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

display My glory among the nations

on Ezekiel 39:21-24

“I will display My glory among the nations” states the purpose behind the whole episode. Israel went into exile “for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me”. “I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions” keeps the responsibility where chapter 18 placed it, on the sinner.

This site's exposition

because they were unfaithful to Me

The nations had misread the exile, as 36:20 reports. The Gog defeat shows them that the LORD sent Israel away Himself for its unfaithfulness. Matthew Henry observes that God punishes sin even in His own people, since justice is praised for its impartiality, and he cites Amos 3.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.
And the Heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity,....

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וְיָדְע֣וּand they will know

    veyadeuH3045 →945 times

  • הַ֠גּוֹיִםthe nations

    hagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • כִּ֣יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • בַעֲוֹנָ֞םfor iniquity their

    vaavonamH5771 →233 times

  • גָּל֣וּthey went into exile

    galuH1540 →186 times

  • בֵֽית־[the] house of

    veit-H1004 →2046 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • עַ֚לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • מָֽעֲלוּ־they had acted unfaithfully

    maalu-H4603 →36 times

  • בִ֔יagainst me

    vi

  • וָאַסְתִּ֥רand I hid

    vaastirH5641 →80 times

  • פָּנַ֖יface my

    panaiH6440 →2123 times

  • מֵהֶ֑םfrom them

    mehem

  • וָֽאֶתְּנֵם֙and I gave them

    vaetenemH5414 →2011 times

  • בְּיַ֣דin [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • צָרֵיהֶ֔םopponents their

    tzareihemH6862 →

  • וַיִּפְּל֥וּand they fell

    vaiyipeluH5307 →435 times

  • בַחֶ֖רֶבby the sword

    vacherevH2719 →413 times

  • כֻּלָּֽם׃all of them

    kulamH3605 →5413 times

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

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 22:8–9And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’5 worksIsaiah 59:2But 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.4 worksEzekiel 39:29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”4 worksIsaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.4 worksLeviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.3 worksJeremiah 40:2–3The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 31:17–18On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’3 worksIsaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.3 worksDeuteronomy 32:20He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.3 worksDeuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?3 worksPsalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?2 worksLamentations 2:15–17All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”2 worksIsaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.2 worksJudges 3:8Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.2 works2 Chronicles 7:21–22And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’2 worksJudges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.2 worksEzekiel 36:18–23So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.2 worksLamentations 1:8Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.2 works

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 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.

    it leads to

    • Micah 3:4

      Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Proverbs 15:29

      The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

    • Jeremiah 5:25

      Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

    • Isaiah 1:15

      When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

    • Deuteronomy 31:17–18

      On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them.…

  • Through

    Ezekiel 39:29

    And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”

    it leads to

    • Joel 2:28

      And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

    • 1 John 3:24

      Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

  • Through

    Isaiah 1:15

    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 1:28

      Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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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.

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