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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 20:5

5, 6. The thrice lifting up of God's hand (the sign of His oath, Revelation 10:5; Revelation 10:6; Exodus 6:8, Margin; Numbers 14:30; to which passages the form of words here alludes) implies the solemn earnestness of God's purpose of grace to them. made myself known unto them—proving Myself faithful and true by the actual fulfilment of My promises (Exodus 4:31; Exodus 6:3); revealing Myself as "Jehovah," that is, not that the name was unknown before, but that then first the force of that name... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 20:6

6. espied for them—as though God had spied out all other lands, and chose Canaan as the best of all lands (Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 8:8). See Daniel 8:9; Daniel 11:16; Daniel 11:41, "the glorious land"; see Margin, "land of delight," or, ornament"; "the pleasant land," or "land of desire," Zechariah 7:14, Margin. glory of all lands—that is, Canaan was "the beauty of all lands"; the most lovely and delightful land; "milk and honey" are not the antecedents to "which." read more

Thomas Constable

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 20:5-6

The Lord reminded these elders that He had chosen the Israelites, made Himself known to them, and made promises to them when they were slaves in Egypt (Exodus 6:2-8; Deuteronomy 7:6-11). Leslie Allen observed that this is Ezekiel’s only reference to God’s election of Israel (cf. Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 14:2). [Note: Leslie C. Allen, Ezekiel 20-48, p. 9.] The prophet began this historical review with Israel’s history as a nation in Exodus, not with her earlier history as the family of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 20:5-9

Israel’s rebellion in Egypt and God’s grace 20:5-9The Lord’s history lesson for these elders described Israel in four successive periods: in Egypt (Ezekiel 20:5-9), in the wilderness (Ezekiel 20:10-26), in the Promised Land (Ezekiel 20:27-29), and in the present time (Ezekiel 20:30-38). What the Lord said about Israel’s history in each of these four periods is quite similar. God had been good to His people, but they had rebelled against Him. Consequently judgment followed, but God had also... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:1-27

§ 5. A Final series of Prophecies on the necessity of Israel’s Punishment and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 20-24)Date, Aug.-Sept. 590 b.c. to Jan.-Feb. 587 b.c.This group includes a warning to the exiles against idolatry (Ezekiel 20:1-44), a description of the sword of the Lord directed against Jerusalem (Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:27), a short prophecy against the Ammonites, connected with the foregoing (Ezekiel 21:28-32) an indictment of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 22), an allegorical... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:1-44

History Repeating itselfSome four years before the fall of Jerusalem the elders of Tel-abib again came to consult Ezekiel, who declared that God had no answer to give them. The reason was that their enquiry was insincere, and this passage is consequently an illustration of the principle of Ezekiel 14:3. The exiles were beginning to avow idolatrous tendencies (Ezekiel 20:32), with which the elders were in secret sympathy. Ezekiel recounted how God had dealt with Israel’s idolatrous spirit in the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:1-49

§ 5. A Final series of Prophecies on the necessity of Israel's Punishment and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 20-24)Date, Aug.-Sept. 590 b.c. to Jan.-Feb. 587 b.c.This group includes a warning to the exiles against idolatry (Eze 20:1-44), a description of the sword of the Lord directed against Jerusalem (Eze 20:45 to Eze 21:27), a short prophecy against the Ammonites, connected with the foregoing (Eze 21:28-32) an indictment of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 22:0), an allegorical history of the sins... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 20:5

(5) When I chose Israel.—In Ezekiel 20:5-9 the Lord takes up the first, or Egyptian period of the history* of Israel. The record of that period, as it has come to us in the Pentateuch, does not contain either any commands against idolatry, or any notice of the rebellion of the people against such command; but both are clearly implied. The very mission of Moses to deliver them rested upon a covenant by which they were to be the peculiar people of Jehovah (Exodus 6:2-4); the command to go into... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 20:6

(6) The glory of all lands.—So Palestine is constantly spoken of, both in the promise and in its fulfilment. (Comp. Daniel 11:16.) However strange this may seem to us now in regard to parts of the land, after centuries of desolation, misrule, and oppression, it is plain from Joshua 23:14, and many other passages, that at the time the Israelites entered upon its possession it fulfilled their utmost expectation. read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 20:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 20:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 20:1-44

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 20:5-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 20:5-9

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:1-27

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:1-44

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:1-49

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 20:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 20:6

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