Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 36:18
Wherefore; these and other sins were the true cause that the land was emptied of men, there was no ground for the heathen’s calumny. I poured my fury; I was angry with them, and the effects of my anger were such as made the land and cities desolate. For the blood that they had shed; for murders committed in the land, and frequently charged on them, Ezekiel 22:3,Ezekiel 22:6,Ezekiel 22:9,Ezekiel 22:12,Ezekiel 22:27; Ezekiel 23:45. For their idols: idolatry was another of their sins, which... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 36:17
In their own land; in fullness, case, and security, as in days past they did. They defiled it; brought in much sin and great guilt upon the land, i.e. on themselves who dwelt there, and sinned greatly. By their own way; leaving my law, despising my counsel, forsaking my worship and temple. By their doings; by their carriage and practices in their whole conversation. As the uncleanness, & c.; or as one excommunicate, and cut off from the congregation, because of some great sin. Or, since... read more