Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 20:1-44
1. The history of Israel’s rebellion and Yahweh’s grace 20:1-44The structure of this passage is quite clear. It consists of a review of Israel’s history with an introduction and a concluding application."The chapter is remarkable in that it shows a uniform moral plane sustained by the nation throughout its history." [Note: Feinberg, p. 108.] Other important themes in this chapter include God’s faithful grace in spite of Israel’s persistent rebelliousness, the repetition of a wilderness... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 20:36
36. ( :-). Though God saved them out of Egypt, He afterwards destroyed in the wilderness them that believed not ( :-); so, though He brought the exiles out of Babylon, yet their wilderness state of chastening discipline continued even after they were again in Canaan. read more