Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
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Gill's Exposition
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand,.... When it was stretched out against them, as in the above instance, and did not utterly consume them. The Targum is,
"and I turned away the stroke of my might:''…
The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children. Eze 20:11 The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai, and…
Adam Clarke
I withdrew mine hand - I had just lifted it up to crush them as in a moment; for they also were idolatrous, and walked in the steps of their fathers.
The history of the struggle between the sins of Israel, by which they endeavoured to ruin themselves, and the mercies of God, by which he endeavoured to save them and make them happy, is here…
Cambridge Bible
withdrew mine hand Lit. turned, or turned back his hand, outstretched to smite. The words are wanting in LXX., and in the other verses (Eze 20:20; Eze 20:20) the phrase "I wrought for my name's sake"…
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