Ezekiel 9:9

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

Ver. 9. The iniquity of Israel is exceeding great.] Nimls veldt. Still there is a cause, to be sure; and God's judgments are sometimes secret, ever just; and as swift rivers, when they once fall into lakes or seas, are at rest, so are our restless minds, when once they fall into the depth of the Divine justice, duly considered.

And the city full of perverseness.] Or, Wresting of judgment. Declinatione et detorsone iudicii. Mutteh, i.e., mishpat din Mitteh, saith the Hebrew scholiast; a that is, judgment turned from the bias, as it were: when the balance of justice is tilted on to one side, as Paul's word, κατα προσκλισιν, importeth. 1Ti 5:21

For they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth.] See on Ezekiel 8:12. Hic est fons omnium scelerum, saith A Lapide: hinc ruunt homines in celerum abyssam, saith Theodoret. When men are once turned atheists, what will they not dare to do? What should hinder them from laying the reins on the neck, and running riot in wickedness?

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