I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.
Parallel translations
- WEB According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I to them; and I hid my face from them.
- KJV According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
- NKJV According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them.” ’
- NASB In accordance with their uncleanness and their offenses I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them.” ’ ”
- NLT I turned my face away and punished them because of their defilement and their sins.
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God dealt with Israel according to their uncleanness and hid His face from them. The exile was a fitting response to their sin.
Overview
The Lord reaffirms that He treated Israel according to their uncleanness and transgressions, hiding His face from them. The repetition underscores that judgment was just and deserved, not arbitrary. Yet this candid acknowledgment of sin sets the stage for the mercy announced in the following verses, displaying the same pattern of righteous judgment and free grace that the gospel proclaims in Christ.
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- Ezek 36:19I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.
- Jer 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- Jer 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Jer 4:18“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
- 2 Kgs 17:7–23All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- Jer 5:25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Isa 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Isa 59:17–18He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- Lev 26:24then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
- Dan 9:5–10we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
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