Ezekiel 39:24

I punished them like they deserved to be punished because of their disgusting behavior and sins, and I turned away from them [MTY].

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

In Context

23And the people of other nations will know that the Israeli people had been forced to go to other countries because they sinned by not being faithful to me. I ◄turned away from/abandoned► them, and allowed their enemies to capture them [IDM], and many [HYP] of them were killed by their enemies’ swords.

25Therefore, this is now what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will now bring back from exile/Babylonia the descendants of Jacob; I will pity all the Israeli people, and I will also jealously protect my reputation.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:24I myself will oppose you, and I will punish you for your sins again and again.

2 Kings 17:7Those things happened because the Israeli people had sinned against Yahweh their God. He had rescued their ancestors from the power [MTY] of the king of Egypt and brought them safely out of Egypt, but later they began to worship other gods.

Isaiah 3:11But terrible things will happen to wicked people; they will be ◄paid back/punished► for the evil things that [MTY] they have done.

Isaiah 59:17It is as though he is a soldier who [MET] puts on his armor and a helmet; his continually doing what is right is like [MET] his armor, and his ability to rescue people is like his helmet. His being extremely angry and his being ready to get revenge on those who do evil are like [MET] his robes.

Jeremiah 2:19It is because you have been very wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. When I do that, you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken me, Yahweh, your God, and you no longer revere me. That will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.

Jeremiah 5:25It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 39:24-29

Mercy Promised to Israel. ( b. c. 585.) 23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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