Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand,.... When it was stretched out against them, as in the above instance, and did not utterly consume them. The Targum is,
"and I turned away the stroke of my might:''
and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand,.... When it was stretched out against them, as in the above instance, and did not utterly consume them. The Targum is,
"and I turned away the stroke of my might:''
and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
[See comments on Ezekiel 20:9] and
[See comments on Ezekiel 20:14].