Ezekiel 23:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Because thou hast forgotten me - (note, Ezekiel 22:12; Jeremiah 2:32; Jeremiah 13:25).

And cast me behind thy back - (1 Kings 14:9; Nehemiah 9:26, "They were disobedient ... add cast thy law behind their back").

Therefore bear thou also thy lewdness - i:e., its penal consequences (Proverbs 1:31).

Ezekiel 23:35

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.