“And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.”
God Himself will set His face against such a person and make him a sign and a byword and cut him off from the midst of His people, and they shall know that He is the Lord. The divine opposition indicated by God setting His face against the idolater becomes both judgment and sign—a visible demonstration to others of the consequence of idolatry. The cutting off from the people and the becoming a sign function as both punishment and warning. This verse emphasizes that individual idolatry has communal consequences, serving as a lesson to all Israel.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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