Ezekiel 39:23 meaning and explanation

And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

Ezekiel 39:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Ezekiel 39:23 comes near the end of a long oracle against Gog, and God is speaking through the prophet to a people still in exile. The verse explains what the nations had misunderstood: Israel's defeat and exile were not proof that God was weak, but the consequence of the people's unfaithfulness.

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