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Ezekiel 33:26

Ezekiel 33:26
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

For I will lay the land most desolate,.... Or, "desolation" and "desolation" (n); one desolating judgment shall follow…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ezekiel 33:23-33

The exhortation to repentance. Ezekiel first addresses the remnant that still linger in their ancient home, and warns…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Ye stand upon your sword - Ye live by plunder, rapine, and murder. Ye are every way impure; and shall ye possess the…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 33:21-29

Here we have,

I. The tidings brought to Ezekiel of the burning of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The city was burnt in the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

stand upon your sword Hardly means, the footing on which ye deal with men is the sword; but probably, ye occupy…