Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
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Gill's Exposition
Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel,.... Besought and prayed unto for the accomplishment of the above promises, as well as what follows: for though God…
Barnes' Notes
Their sin had prevented God’s hearing them. Now their purification opens God’s ears to their words.
Adam Clarke
Thus saith the Lord God - In answer to the question, "Who shall have such blessings?" we say, they that pray, that seek earnestly, that strive to enter in at the strait gate. "Thus saith the Lord, I…
The people of God might be discouraged in their hopes of a restoration by the sense not only of their unworthiness of such a favour (which was answered, in the foregoing verses, with this, that God,…
A single point in the Lord's restoration of Israel is made prominent, the multiplication of the people. The terrible threats of the diminution of their numbers (Eze 36:36), and of the destruction both…
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