12 And I have caused man to walk over you,—My people Israel, And they possess thee, and thou hast been to them for an inheritance, And thou dost add no more to bereave them. 13 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men 'art' thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been, 14 Therefore, man thou devourest no more, And thy nations thou causest not to stumble any more, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 36:12-14
Commentary on Ezekiel 36:1-15
(Read Ezekiel 36:1-15)
Those who put contempt and reproach on God's people, will have them turned on themselves. God promises favour to his Israel. We have no reason to complain, if the more unkind men are, the more kind God is. They shall come again to their own border. It was a type of the heavenly Canaan, of which all God's children are heirs, and into which they all shall be brought together. And when God returns in mercy to a people who return to him in duty, all their grievances will be set right. The full completion of this prophecy must be in some future event.