After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
The heathen mistook Israel's ruin for proof that God could not keep His covenant; but when He restores His people after their reformation, all the world will see the truth: Israel fell not by God's weakness but by their own sin, which forfeited His favour and threw them into His enemies' hands. This turns their reproach into His glory.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 39:23-29
When they dwell safely in their land again, no longer scattered and disgraced among the nations, they will bear the weight of their transgressions in penitent remembrance. Their shame will teach them, even in security, what their fathers wrought against God, and they will not forget it.
AI summary
After that they have borne their shame--the punishment of their sin: after they have become sensible of their guilt, and ashamed of it (Eze 20:43; Eze 36:31).