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**What now follows** refers to the yet future Restoration of the People and Land of Israel and Judah, as shown in the Structure above.
**son of man** . See note on [Ezekiel 2:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/1) ,
**mountains of Israel.** See [Ezekiel 6:1-7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/1-7) ; [Ezekiel 36:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/1) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 ,

**the Lord GOD.** Hebrew. *Adonai Jehovah* . See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) .
**the enemy** . Note the Structure above.
**hath said** . The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "had said"
**the ancient high places** = the everlasting hills, promised to Israel ([Genesis 49:26](../../../kjv/genesis/49/26) . [Deuteronomy 13:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/13) ; [Deuteronomy 33:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/15) ).

**Because** = Because, even because. Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* . App-6 .
**swallowed you up** . Like a beast of prey. Compare Job c. e. [Psalms 56:1](../../../kjv/psalms/56/1) , [Psalms 56:2](../../../kjv/psalms/56/2) ; [Psalms 57:3](../../../kjv/psalms/57/3) .[Ecclesiastes 10:12](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/10/12) .
**are** = have been.
**infamy** = evil report.

**hear** . Figure of speech *Apostrophe* . App-6 .
**to the mountains,** &c. Note the Figure of speech *Merismos* ( App-6 ).
**rivers** = torrents, or ravines. Hebrew. *aphikim* . See note on "channels", [2 Samuel 22:15](../../../kjv/2-samuel/22/15) .

**fire of My jealousy** . Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 4:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/24) ),
**heathen** = nations.
**Idumea** = Edom,
**minds** = souls. Hebrew. *nephesh* . App-18 ,

**the land of Israel** = the soil of Israel. See note on [Ezekiel 11:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/17) . Behold. Figure of speech *Asterismos* . App-8 .

**lifted up Mine hand** = sworn. Hebrew idiom. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 6:8](../../../kjv/exodus/6/8) . [Numbers 14:30](../../../kjv/numbers/14/30) . [Deuteronomy 32:40](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/40) ). Compare [Daniel 12:7](../../../kjv/daniel/12/7) . Elsewhere only in Pentateuch. See [Genesis 14:22](../../../kjv/genesis/14/22) , and [Ezekiel 20:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/5) ,
**heathen** = nations.
**that are** = which are yours; referring to "ours" in [Ezekiel 36:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/2) .

**men.** Hebrew ' *adam* . App-14 .

**old** = former.
**ye shall know** , &c. See note on [Ezekiel 6:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/7) .

**bereave** , &c. = make childless.

**Thou land devourest,** &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 13:32](../../../kjv/numbers/13/32) ). App-92 .

**bereave** . Hebrew text reads "cause to fall"; but margin reads "make childless". Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "make childless" (text and margin)
**saith the Lord GOD** = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle,

**the people** = peoples.
**thy.** The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "the".

**land** = soil.
**they defiled it** , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 15:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/15/19) ; [Leviticus 18:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/25) , [Leviticus 18:27](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/27) , [Leviticus 18:30](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/30) . [Numbers 35:33](../../../kjv/numbers/35/33) , [Numbers 35:34](../../../kjv/numbers/35/34) ). App-92 .
**as the uncleanness** , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 15:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/15/19) ; [Leviticus 15:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/15/18) , [Leviticus 15:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/15/19) , &c.)

**I poured,** &o. Sea [Ezekiel 7:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/8) ; [Ezekiel 7:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/14) , [Ezekiel 7:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/19) ; [Ezekiel 21:31](../../../kjv/ezekiel/21/31) . Compare [2 Chronicles 34:21](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/34/21) , [2 Chronicles 34:25](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/34/25) .[Jeremiah 7:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/20) ; [Jeremiah 44:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/6) , &c.
**idols** = dirty idols

**I scattered** , &c. See [Ezekiel 5:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/12) ; [Ezekiel 22:15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/22/15) . Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:33](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/33) .[Deuteronomy 28:64](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/64); [Deuteronomy 28:64](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/64) ). App-92 .
**according to their way** . See [Ezekiel 7:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/3) , [Ezekiel 7:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/8) ; [Ezekiel 18:30](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/30) ; [Ezekiel 22:31](../../../kjv/ezekiel/22/31) ; [Ezekiel 39:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/39/24) .

**they.** Hebrew text reads "he", or "it". A special various reading called Sevir ( App-34 ), and some codices, with Aramaic, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "they".
**profaned,** &c. Ref to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 19:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/12) , &c.) App-92 .
**holy** . See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**name.** See note on [Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1) .
**they said to them:** i.e. men said of Israel.
**gone** = come.

**I had pity,** &c. See [Ezekiel 20:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/9) , [Ezekiel 20:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/14) , [Ezekiel 20:22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/22) .

**not . . . for your sakes,** &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 7:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/7) , [Deuteronomy 7:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/8) ; [Deuteronomy 9:5-7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/5-7) ). App-92 . Compare [Psalms 106:8](../../../kjv/psalms/106/8) ; [Psalms 115:1](../../../kjv/psalms/115/1) , [Psalms 115:2](../../../kjv/psalms/115/2) .

**I will sanctify,** &c. The opposite of the profanation of [Ezekiel 36:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/20) .
**shall know.** See note on [Ezekiel 6:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/10) .
**in you.** So in the Babylonian Codex; but some codices, with Codex Hillel and three early printed editions (one in margin), read "in them".
**their.** The Babylonian Codex, Codex Hillel, and other codices, with nine early printed editions (one Rabbinic, in margin), read "your".

**will bring you,** &c. Compare [Ezekiel 11:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/17) ; [Ezekiel 34:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/13) ; Eze 34:37 , [Ezekiel 34:21](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/21) , [Ezekiel 34:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/25) ; [Ezekiel 39:27](../../../kjv/ezekiel/39/27) , [Ezekiel 39:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/39/28) , &c. Ref to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 30:3-6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/3-6) ). App-92 . into your own land on to your own soil. Hebrew 'ado:oeh. Not the some word as in [Ezekiel 36:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/28) .

**Then** . Note the time for the fulfilment of this prophecy. Not now, among the Gentiles; not now, in the Church of God; but, when Israel shall be brought back "into their own land" (verses: [Ezekiel 36:16-24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/16-24) ). Note the "you . . . ye . . . your", &c., of verses: [Ezekiel 36:25-29](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/25-29) . Observe the importance of this word "Then" in other passages. See notes on [Exodus 17:8](../../../kjv/exodus/17/8) . [Malachi 3:4](../../../kjv/malachi/3/4) , [Malachi 3:16](../../../kjv/malachi/3/16) . [Matthew 25:1](../../../kjv/matthew/25/1) . [1 Thessalonians 4:17](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/17) , &c.
**sprinkle** = throw. See [Leviticus 1:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/1/5)
**water.** See [Isaiah 44:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/44/3) .
**you . . . ye . . . your.** The same People referred to Isa 44:25-29 as in or [Ezekiel 16:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/17) . See the Structure, p. 1167.

**new heart** . Not the old heart improved, but a new heart created and "given". The old one "taken away".
**spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach* . App-9 .

**statutes . . . judgments.** Reference to Pentateuch. See note on [Deuteronomy 4:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/1) . App-92 .

**land.** Hebrew ' *eretz* . Not the same word as in [Ezekiel 36:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/24) . ye: i.e. the People who are the subject of these verses. See note on "Then", [Ezekiel 36:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/25) .
**be My People** = become to Me a people. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/12) ).
**be your God** = become to you it God.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 .

**the corn,** &c. Pointing to the physical blessings.

**reproach,** &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 29:23-28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/23-28) ). App-92 . Compare [Joel 2:17](../../../kjv/joel/2/17) , [Joel 2:26](../../../kjv/joel/2/26) .

**shall ye remember.** See [Ezekiel 6:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/9) ; [Ezekiel 16:61-63](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/61-63) ; [Ezekiel 20:43](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/43) .
**evil** . Hebrew. *ra a'.* App-44 .
**iniquities.** Hebrew. *'raa* , App-44 .
**abominations:** i.e. idolatries.

**be ashamed.** Compare [Ezekiel 16:63](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/63) .

**In the day that** = When. See App-18 .
**cause you to dwell,** &c. = cause the cities to be inhabited.

**like the garden of Eden** . Ref, to Pentateuch ([Genesis 2:8-15](../../../kjv/genesis/2/8-15) ). See note on [Ezekiel 28:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/28/13) .
**fenced** = fortified.

**yet . . . be enquired of** : i.e. the time shall come when they will ask for what they had in the past despised.

**As the holy flock** = Like a flock of holy offerings.
**solemn feasts** = appointed seasons.

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