though these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
National sins bring national judgments without fail. When vice becomes widespread and heinous, God stretches forth His hand in punishment with grievous plagues suited to the sin. He commands a variety of judgments to show His universal dominion over all human concerns.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 14:12-23
Or if I send a pestilence into that land,.... Or the plague, which is the destruction that wastes at noon day; this is from the Lord, and a sore judgment it is: and pour out my fury upon it in blood; or, "by blood" (y); by corrupting the blood, which is done when a man is seized with the pestilence.
The sin is defined plainly: treachery toward God through apostasy or the withholding of what is due Him. When such trespass becomes national, even the three most righteous deliver only their own souls by their righteousness; the land itself becomes a desert, stripped of all its people.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 14:12-20