Ezekiel 20:26 NLT,NIV,ESV

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 20:1-49

Ezekiel 20:16 Here enters the fatal circumstance of Idolatry, that, in the era of the Prophets, no man's mind is any longer honestly filled with his Idol or Symbol. Before the Prophet can arise who, seeing through it, knows it to be mere wood, many men must have begun dimly to doubt that it was little more. Condemnable Idolatry is insincere idolatry.... It is equivalent to what we call Formalism, and Worship of Formulas, in these days of ours. No more immoral act can be done by a human... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-49

JEHOVAH’S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAELEzekiel 20:1-49BY far the hardest trial of Ezekiel’s faith must have been the conduct of his fellow-exiles. It was amongst them that he looked for the great spiritual change which must precede the establishment of the kingdom of God; and he had already addressed to them words of consolation based on the knowledge that the hope of the future was theirs. {Ezekiel 11:18} Yet the time passed on without bringing any indications that the promise was about to be... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 20:1-49

CHAPTERS 20-24 Further and Final Predictions Concerning the judgment of Jerusalem 1. Jehovah rehearses His mercies bestowed upon Israel (Ezekiel 20:1-49 ) 2. The impending judgment announced (Ezekiel 21:1-32 ) 3. Jerusalem’s sins and whoredom (Ezekiel 22:1-31 ; Ezekiel 23:1-49 ) 4. The parable of the boiling pot and the last word (Ezekiel 24:1-27 ) Ezekiel 20:1-49 . The chapter contains a divine retrospect and an arraignment of the people for their national sins. The following... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Ezekiel 20:26

20:26 And I polluted them in their own {m} gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all the firstborn, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] the LORD.(m) I condemned those things, and counted them as abominable, which they thought had been excellent and to have declared most zeal, Lu 16:15 for that which God required as most excellent they gave to their idols. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-49

CLOSE OF PART ONE Lack of space makes it necessary to crowd the remainder of Part 1 into a single lesson, but nothing vital to its general understanding will be lost, as the chapters are, to a certain extent, repetitions of the foregoing. LAMENTATIONS FOR THE PRINCES (Ezekiel 19:0 ) The theme of this chapter is found in the first and last verses. The “princes” are the kings of Judah Jehoahaz, Jehoiachin and Zedekiah, whose histories were made familiar in the closing chapters of 2 Kings ,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ezekiel 20:18-26

Thus slighted and despised by the fathers, the Lord looked to their children, that the rising generation might not be rebellious as their fathers had been. But the sin of rebellion, like a chain of many links, the Lord found to run alike in father and son. The Lord therefore gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live. This could not refer to the law of God given, on Mount Sinai, for the Apostle saith, that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, just,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:26

I polluted them, &c. That is, I gave them up to such blindness, in punishment of their offences, as to pollute themselves with the blood of all their first-born, whom they offered up to their idols in compliance with their wicked devices. (Challoner) (Menochius) (Leviticus xviii. 21., and 4 Kings iii. ultra[last verse], and xxi. 6. (Calmet) --- Offered. Protestants, "caused to pass through the fire all," &c., chap. xvi. 21. --- For their. Protestants, "that I might make them desolate... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:10-26

10-26. The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient keeping of the sabbath day. Sabbaths are privileges; they are signs of our being his people. If we do the duty of the day, we shall find, to our comfort, it is the Lord that makes us holy, that is, truly happy, here; and prepares us to be happy, that is, perfectly holy, hereafter. The Israelites... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ezekiel 20:10-26

In the Wilderness v. 10. Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, in agreement with His merciful intention, and brought them into the wilderness, delivering them from oppression and preparing them for entry into the Land of Promise. v. 11. And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, namely, in the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, which if a man do, he shall even live in them, for a perfect keeping of the Law would indeed merit eternal life. Cf Romans... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 20:1-49

9. The Survey of the Leading of the People from of old (Ezekiel 20:0.)1And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth [month] on the tenth [day] of the month, that men of the elders of Israel came to enquire of 2Jehovah, and sat [down] before me. And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying: 3Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Do ye come to enquire of Me? As I live, if I will be enquired of by you! Sentence of the Lord Jehovah. 4Wilt... read more