Ezekiel 36:15

Hear in thee the shame of the pagan -Hear the pagan putting thee to shame by their contemptuous words. The reproach of the people - “Thy people” (thy rightful possessors) shall have no cause to reproach thee for want of fertility. Were the blessings promised here merely temporal they could not be said to be fulfilled. The land is still subject to pagan masters. The words must point to blessings yet future, spiritual blessings. In the following chapters to the end ofEzekiel 39:0the conflict between the world mid God is described in its most general form, and the absolute triumph of the kingdom of God fully depicted.