Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... This being the case, the people of God being in distress, and under shame and disgrace, and the enemy insulting them, and triumphing over them:
I have lifted…
Barnes' Notes
I have lifted up mine hand - i. e., I have sworn. Compare marginal reference. Their shame - They shall find their taunts come home to themselves.
The prophet had been ordered to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them, Eze 6:2. Then God was coming forth to contend with his people; but now that God is returning in…
Cambridge Bible
lifted up mine hand The gesture of taking an oath, Eze 20:5. Strictly the rendering is I lift up, so I speak, Eze 36:5-6.
bear their shame As Israel has borne the shame of the reproaches and taunts of…
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