Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 36:7
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that [are] about you, they shall bear their shame.
7. lifted up mine hand ] The gesture of taking an oath, Eze 20:5. Strictly the rendering is I lift up, so I speak, Eze 36:5-6.
bear their shame ] As Israel has borne the shame of the reproaches and taunts of the heathen, so they, when their destruction cometh (as it is near), shall bear the shame of it.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
I have lifted up mine hand – i. e., I have sworn. Compare marginal reference.
Their shame – They shall find their taunts come home to themselves.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Lifted up mine hand; sworn in my wrath, but in my truth also, Deu 32:40; and when men did swear solemnly, they did heretofore use this rite, Gen 14:22.
The heathen that are about you; Moabites, Ammonites, and Idumeans shall be repaid in their own coin; I will, as sure as I am God, as sure as I can, so surely make them a taunt, a proverb, and a curse among men.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. lifted . . . mine handintoken of an oath (Eze 20:5;Gen 14:22).
they shall bear their shameaperpetual shame; whereas the “shame” which Israelbore from these heathen was only for a time.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,…. This being the case, the people of God being in distress, and under shame and disgrace, and the enemy insulting them, and triumphing over them:
I have lifted up mine hand; solemnly swore; lifting up of the hand being a rite used by men when they swore, Ge 14:22:
surely the Heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame; the punishment of their shame; that which is justly due to them for reproaching and putting to shame the people of God: or they shall be a laughing stock to others, and be reproached and derided themselves, and so be paid in their own coin; a just retaliation this for their treatment of the Jews.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Lifted up mine hand.As in Eze. 20:6 = I have sworn.
Shall bear their shame.Comp. Eze. 36:6. The Israelites have been compelled to bear the reproaches of the heathen, but these now return upon themselves.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 36:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that [are] about you, they shall bear their shame.
Ver. 7. I have lifted up mine hand. ] Sworn solemnly. Men, when they swear, do so as taking God to witness. Three fingers they do often lift up, and hold down two, to signify, saith Lavater, that God, who is three in one, hath prepared a place in heaven for such as swear rightly, but will thrust down to hell those that forswear themselves.
They shall bear their shame.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
lifted up Mine hand = sworn. Hebrew idiom. Reference to Pentateuch (Exo 6:8. Num 14:30. Deu 32:40). Compare Dan 12:7. Elsewhere only in Pentateuch. See Gen 14:22, and Eze 20:5,
heathen = nations.
that are = which are yours; referring to “ours” in Eze 36:2.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I have lifted: Eze 20:5, Eze 20:15, Deu 32:40, Rev 10:5, Rev 10:6
the heathen: Eze 25:1 – Eze 35:15, Jer 25:9, Jer 25:15-29, Jer 47:1 – Jer 51:64, Amo 1:1-15, Zep 2:1-15
Reciprocal: Exo 6:8 – swear Eze 16:52 – bear thine Eze 32:24 – borne Eze 44:13 – bear Mal 1:3 – laid
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 36:7. When a nation is subdued it is held up to shame in the eyes of others, God had decreed that all the heathen who had desolated His land should be thus shamed.
Eze 36:8
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
36:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have {f} lifted up my hand, Surely the nations that [are] about you, they shall bear their shame.
(f) By making a solemn oath. See Geneva “Eze 20:5”