4<\/strong>. mine eye shall not spare<\/em> ] So Eze 7:9<\/em><\/span>, ch. Eze 5:11<\/span>, Eze 8:18<\/span>, Eze 9:10<\/span>. From their calamities the people shall learn not only that he that inflicts them is their God, whom they called Jehovah (a thing which they were slow to learn, Amo 3:2<\/span>; Amo 5:18<\/span>), but also what the nature of that God is that he is Jehovah, the true and righteous God (a thing which they were even slower to learn), cf. Eze 7:27<\/em><\/span>, ch. Eze 6:7<\/span>, Eze 12:20<\/span>, &c.<\/p>\n Verse 4<\/span>. Thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee<\/B><\/I>] They shall ever stare thee in the face, upbraid thee with thy ingratitude and disobedience, and be witnesses against thee.<\/P> <\/p>\n Mine eye:<\/B> see Eze 5:11<\/span>. <\/P> Thine abominations, <\/B>not only the punishment and smart, but the vileness, loathsomeness, and hatefulness of thy sins, shall be, <\/P> in the midst of thee; <\/B>ever before thee, and openly known to others also, or shall reach thy very heart. See Eze 6:10<\/span>,13<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 4. thine abominations<\/B>thepunishment of thine abominations. <\/P> shall be in the midst ofthee<\/B>shall be manifest to all. They and thou shall recognizethe fact of thine abominations by thy punishment which shalleverywhere befall thee, and that manifestly.<\/P><\/p>\n And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity<\/strong>,…. Though the punishment will be heavy, and the lamentation will be great; see Eze 5:11<\/span>;<\/p>\n but I will recompense thy ways upon thee<\/strong>; the evil of punishment for the evil of sin, the righteous demerit of their actions:<\/p>\n and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee<\/strong>; not taken away, unatoned for, and indeed not repented of. The Targum is,<\/p>\n “and the punishment of thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee:”<\/p>\n and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord<\/strong>; to whom vengeance belongs; who takes notice of sinful actions, and punishes for them; to whom appertain the perfections of omniscience, omnipotence, and punitive justice.<\/p>\n In other words he confines his own sentence, that God will not spare them, nor will he be entreated. For when hypocrites hear the praises of God which are assigned to him in scripture, namely, that he is merciful and long-suffering, (Num 14:18<\/span>; Psa 103:8<\/span>,) they seize upon them and fabricate for themselves the material of foolish and perverse confidence. God here pronounces that his pity would not be accessible to the wicked, who do not cease to repel it far from them. And this is worthy of notice, because nothing is more natural than to be intoxicated with false hope when we hear that God is merciful, unless we know for what purpose he testifies this concerning himself, namely, that sinners may betake themselves to him, and may fearlessly call upon him, and implore his mercy, of which they have such remarkable testimony. But hypocrites always become worse, meanwhile they wish God to be propitious to them. Hence when he says, his eye will not spare, neither would he pity them, his intention must be observed, that. wicked and ungodly men should not think his clemency prepared for them against which they have previously shut the door. Because I will put thy ways upon thee — that is, I will cast thy wickedness against thee. We see then that the people’s sins were placed before them, and as it were lay there as long as God spared them. Now, therefore, he first signifies that they should have no cause of quarrel or complaint, because he will cast against them the iniquities which they had heaped upon him. Then also he silently accuses them of too much security, because they never could be brought to repentance, while God sustained and tolerated their sins. And thy abominations, he says, shall be in the midst of thee They were so from the first as far as their guilt was concerned, but God had not yet poured forth his anger. He says, therefore, thy abominations shall be in the midst of thee, because it should really appear that they were not obstinate against God without punishment. Again he repeats, ye shall know that I am Jehovah It is quite clear, that by their obstinacy they compelled God to speak thus, since they despised Ezekiel. But although they pretended to some piety, it cannot be doubted that they would despise God himself. <\/p>\n Therefore he reproves their impiety so sharply, because they denied that God was God as often as they withdrew their confidence from the teaching of the holy man. It follows — <\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. <\/strong> Mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity <\/strong> Although Jehovah is “merciful and gracious,” there comes a time when he must not spare the guilty (Exo 34:7<\/span>). The pity which will not execute a promised and deserved punishment has little regard for the majesty of the law and the possible reformation of the offenders. (See Eze 5:11<\/span>; Eze 7:9<\/span>; Eze 8:18<\/span>; Eze 9:10<\/span>.) These judgments are redemptive. God’s wrath is the anger of love, and there is a divine compassion in his refusal to avert the just punishment of sin. I will recompense thy ways upon thee<\/strong>, etc. “Sin, when it is full-grown, gendereth death” (Jas 1:15<\/span>). Death is the legitimate child of persistent sin. The worst thing that can happen to a man or a nation is to have their evil ways fall upon them and their abominations bring forth their natural fruitage. When a nation which has sown to the wind begins to reap the whirlwind it begins also to think that there may be a God in Israel.<\/p>\n Eze 7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.<\/p>\n Ver. 4. And mine eye shall not spare thee.<\/strong> ] Eze 5:11<\/span> . See on Jer 13:14<\/span> . <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee.<\/strong> ] Ut quae antea latuerant, in aperture prodeant.<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And ye shall know that I am the Lord.<\/strong> ] That smiteth you. Eze 7:9 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n An evil, an only evil,<\/strong> ] viz., Without mixture of mercy, or that shall smite thee down at one only blow. as <\/em> 1Sa 26:8 <\/em> Nah 1:9 The Vulgate, after the Chaldee, rendereth it, An evil after an evil – q.d., <\/em> Lighter and lesser judgments have done no good upon thee. Now I will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness. Rom 9:28 Ruinam praecedunt stillicidia.<\/em> Drops precede disaster.<\/p>\n Mine eye. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. <\/p>\n ye shall know, &c. See note on Eze 6:7. <\/p>\n mine: Eze 7:9, Eze 5:11, Eze 8:18, Eze 9:10, Eze 24:14, Jer 13:14, Zec 11:6 <\/p>\n but: Eze 11:21, Eze 16:43, Eze 23:31, Eze 23:49, Jer 16:18, Jer 25:14, Hos 9:7, Hos 12:2, Heb 10:30 <\/p>\n and ye: Eze 7:27, Eze 6:7, Eze 6:14, Eze 12:20 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 45:20 – regard not Deu 29:20 – will not spare Psa 78:50 – he spared Isa 30:14 – he shall not Lam 2:2 – swallowed Lam 2:21 – thou hast killed Eze 7:8 – and I Eze 9:5 – Go Eze 12:15 – General Eze 15:7 – and ye shall Eze 16:59 – I will Eze 23:35 – therefore Eze 35:9 – and ye Eze 37:6 – ye shall 2Pe 2:4 – spared<\/p>\n Eze 7:4. The immediate purpose of most of the judgments upon Israel was to convince them that I am- the Lord. The reason this was the outstanding issue was the national sin of Idolatry of which the people of God were guilty. If they are impressed with the fundamental fact that God is the only true One, the conclusion would be established that idolatry is wrong in every particular.<\/p>\n And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. 4. mine eye shall not spare ] So Eze 7:9, ch. 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