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Ezekiel 6:9

Ezekiel 6:9
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they shall know that I am the Lord,.... As in Eze 6:7;

and that I have not said in vain; either within himself, in his own purposes and decrees; so the Targum,

"I have not in vain decreed in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I am broken ... - Translate: “because” I have broken “their whorish heart, which hath departed from me,” and their eyes etc. Since Ezekiel is addressing the Church of God through Israel, we are to…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

They that escape of you shall remember me - Those that escape the sword, the pestilence, and the famine, and shall be led into captivity, shall plainly see that it is God who has done this, and shall…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 6:8-10

Judgment had hitherto triumphed, but in these verses mercy rejoices against judgment. A sad end is made of this provoking people, but not a full end. The ruin seems to be universal, and yet will I…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

because I am broken R.V. how that I have been brokenwith their whorish heart. Such a sense as "been broken with" is altogether impossible; and the middle sense "break for myself" is equally to be…