And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
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Gill's Exposition
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked,.... Some by the sword, some by famine, some by pestilence, and others by captivity; and, upon the whole, none spared, but the…
Adam Clarke
Behold, I am against thee - Dismal news! When God is against us, who can be for us?
And will draw forth my sword - War.
And will cut off from thee - The land of Judea.
The righteous and the wicked -…
The prophet had faithfully delivered the message he was entrusted with, in the close of the foregoing chapter, in the terms wherein he received it, not daring to add his own comment upon it; but, when…
Eze 20:45 to Eze 21:32. The avenging sword of the Lord
The passage Eze 20:45-49 belongs to ch. 21 (as in Heb.). The time to which the chapter is to be assigned is the early period of Nebuchadnezzar's…
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