Eze 20 | TSK | STEP | God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel. He shews the story of their rebellions in Egypt, in the wilderness, and in the land. He promises to gather them by the Gospel. Under the name of a forest he shews the destruction of Jerusalem. A.M. 3411. B.C. 593. in the seventh.The seventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and according to Usher, Monday, Aug. 27, 3411. that certain. and sat.

for their.They still had a hankering after the idolatries they had learned in Egypt, to which they added new idols, which they had seen in countries through which they had travelled, as those of the Midianites, Amorites, etc.

8; 14:3,4; 23:8; Ex 32:1-8; Nu 15:39; 25:2; Am 5:25,26; Ac 7:39-43

mine.

8:18; 9:10; 1Sa 24:10; Ne 9:19; Ps 78:37,38

neither.

7:2; 11:13; Jer 4:27; 5:18; Na 1:8,9

I said.

Nu 14:32,33; 32:13-15; De 4:3-6; Ps 78:6-8

the statutes.

Zec 1:2-4; Lu 11:47,48; Ac 7:51; 1Pe 1:18

defile.

7; Jer 2:7; 3:9

the Lord.

Ex 20:2,3; De 5:6,7; 7:4-6; Ps 81:9,10; Jer 3:22,23

walk.

11:20; 36:27; 37:24; De 4:1; 5:1,32,33; 6:1-8:20; 10:1-12:32

Ne 9:13,14; Ps 19:7-11; 105:45; Tit 2:11-14

12; 44:24; Ex 20:11; 31:13-17; Ne 13:15-22; Isa 58:13

Jer 17:22,24,27

the children.

Nu 21:5; 25:1-8; De 9:23,24; 31:27; Ps 106:29-33; Ac 13:18

if a man.

11,13

I would.

8,13; 21:31; 2Ch 34:21,25; Re 16:1

accomplish.

7:8; 13:15; La 4:11; Da 11:36

I withdrew.

17; Job 13:21; Ps 78:38; La 2:8

wrought.

9,14,22; Ps 25:11; 79:9,10; 115:1; Isa 48:9-11; Jer 14:7,21

Da 9:17,19

lifted.

15; De 32:40; Re 10:5,6

that I.The predictions of the dispersion of Israel, delivered by Moses just before his death, are evidently here referred to: they received a partial accomplishment at the Babylonian captivity, but are more exactly fulfilling at this day.

Le 26:33; De 28:64-68; 32:26,27; Ps 106:27; Jer 15:4

they had.

13,16

their eyes.

6:9; 18:6,12,15; De 4:19; Job 31:26,27; Am 2:4

I gave.The simple meaning of this place is, that when the Israelites had rebelled against God, despised his statutes, and polluted his sabbaths, in effect cast him off, and given themselves up wholly to their idols, then He, in a just judgment for their disobedience, abandoned them, "gave them up to a reprobate mind," (Ro 1:28,) and suffered them to walk after the idolatrous, cruel, and impious customs and ordinances of the heathen; by which they were ripened for the destruction which he intended to bring upon them, that they might learn to know God by his judgments, seeing they had despised his mercies. In the same sense God is said judicially to "send a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie," to those who "received not the love of the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

26,39; 14:9-11; De 4:27,28; 28:36; Ps 81:12; Isa 66:4; Ro 1:21-28

2Th 2:9-11

polluted.

31; Isa 63:17; Ro 11:7-10

in that.

16:20,21; Le 18:21; 2Ki 17:17; 21:6; 2Ch 28:3; 33:6; Jer 32:35

all that.

Ex 13:12; Lu 2:23

to the end.

6:7

speak.

2:7; 3:4,11,27

Yet.

Ro 2:24; Re 13:5

committed. Heb. trespassed.

when I.

Jos 23:3,4,14; Ne 9:22-26; Ps 78:55-58

the which.

6,15; Ge 15:18-21; 26:3,4; Ps 105:8-11

they saw.

6:13; Ps 78:58; Isa 57:5-7; Jer 2:7; 3:6

their sweet.

16:19

I said, etc. or, I told them what the high place was, or,Bamah. And the.

16:24,25,31

Are ye.

Nu 32:14; Jud 2:19; Jer 7:26; 9:14; 16:12; Mt 23:32; Ac 7:51

ye offer.

26; De 18:10-12; Ps 106:37-39; Jer 7:31; 19:5

and shall.

3; 14:3,4; 1Sa 28:5,6; 2Ki 3:13,14; Job 27:8,10; Ps 66:18

Pr 1:27,28; 28:9; Isa 1:15; Jer 14:12; Zec 7:13; Mt 25:11,12

Jas 4:1-3

that which.

11:5; 38:10; Ps 139:2; Pr 19:21; La 3:37

We will.

1Sa 8:5; Jer 44:17,29; Ro 12:2

to serve.

De 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; Isa 37:19; Da 5:4; Re 9:20

surely.

8:18; Jer 21:5; 42:18; 44:6; La 2:4; Da 9:11,12

38; 34:16; Isa 27:9-13; Am 9:9,10

I will.

36; 19:13; 38:8; Ho 2:14; Mic 4:10; 7:13-15; Re 12:14

and there.

17:20; 38:22; Jer 2:9,35; 25:31; Ho 4:1; Mic 6:1,2

13,21; Ex 32:7-35; Nu 11:1-35; 14:1-45; 16:1-50; 25:1-18

Ps 106:15-48; 1Co 10:5-10

pass.

34:17; Le 27:32; Jer 33:13; Mt 25:32,33

I will.

16:59,60; Le 26:25; Ps 89:30-32; Am 3:2

the bond. or, a delivering.

I will purge.

11:21; 34:17,20-22; Nu 14:28-30; Am 9:9,10; Zec 13:8,9; Mal 3:3

Mal 4:1-3; Mt 3:9,10,12; 25:32,33; Ro 9:27-29

they shall.

13:9; Nu 14:30; Ps 95:11; Jer 44:14; 1Co 10:5; Heb 4:6; Jude 1:5

and ye.

6:7; 15:7; 23:49; Ps 9:16

Go ye.

25,26; Jud 10:14; 2Ki 3:13; Ps 81:12; Ho 4:17; Am 4:4,5

Ro 1:24-28; 2Th 2:11

but.

23:37-39; Pr 21:27; Isa 1:13-15; 66:3; Jer 7:9-11; Zep 1:4,5

Mt 6:24; Re 3:15,16

in mine.These predictions received a partial accomplishment by the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; but they seem chiefly to relate to the establishment of the Christian church, and more especially to the future conversion of the Jews, and their restoration to their own land.

17:23; Ps 2:6; 68:15,16; Isa 2:2,3; 66:20; Jer 31:12; Joe 3:17,18

Ob 1:16; Mic 4:1,2; Heb 12:20-22; Re 21:10

there shall.

37:22-28; Isa 56:7; 60:7; 66:23; Zec 8:20-23; Mal 1:11; 3:4; Re 12:1

Heb 13:15; 1Pe 2:5

first-fruits. or, chief.

with your.

28; 6:13; Ge 8:21; Le 1:9,13,17; Eph 5:2; Php 4:18

sweet savour. Heb. savour of rest. I bring.

11:17; 34:19; 36:24; 37:25; 38:8; Isa 11:11-16; 27:12,13; Jer 23:3

Jer 30:3,18; 32:37; Am 9:14; Ob 1:17-21; Mic 7:12-16

and I will.

28:22,25; 38:23; 39:27-29; Le 10:3; Isa 5:16; Lu 2:14; 1Pe 3:15

ye shall.

38,44; 24:24; 26:13; 36:23; 38:23; Jer 24:7; 31:34; Joh 17:3

1Jo 5:20

when I.

11:17-20; 34:13; 36:24; 37:21,25

for the which.

shall ye.

6:9; Le 26:39-41; Ne 1:8-10; Ho 5:15

and ye shall.

16:61-63; 36:31; Job 42:6; Jer 31:18; Zec 12:10-14; Lu 18:13

2Co 7:11

And ye shall.

38; 24:24

when I.

9,14,22; 36:21,22; Ps 79:9; 115:1; Eph 1:6; 1Ti 1:16

Moreover.This is the beginning of another prophecy, and properly belongs to the following chapter.

set.

4:7; 6:2

toward.Towards Judea, which lay south of Mesopotamia, where the prophet now dwelt.

and drop.

21:2; De 32:2; Job 29:22; Am 7:16; Mic 2:6; *marg:

the forest.The city of Jerusalem, as full of inhabitants as the forest is of trees.

Jer 13:19; 22:7; Zec 11:1,2

I will kindle.I will send war; and it shall destroy all ranks and characters of the people.

15:6,7; 19:14; 22:20,21; De 32:22; Isa 9:18,19; 30:33; Jer 21:14

green.

17:24; Lu 23:31

the flaming.

Isa 66:24; Mr 9:43-49

from the south.

21:3,4; Isa 24:1-6

De 29:24-28; 2Ch 7:20-22; Isa 26:11; Jer 40:2,3; La 2:16,17

Doth.Is it not his usual custom to deal in enigmas? His figures are not to be understood; we should not trouble ourselves with them. God therefore commands the prophet to declare, in the next chapter, the same things in the plainest terms, so that they should not complain of his parables.

Mt 13:13,14; Joh 16:25; Ac 17:18