エゼキエル書 20:37-38 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:33-44

The design which was now on foot among the elders of Israel was that the people of Israel, being scattered among the nations, should lay aside all their peculiarities and conform to those among whom they lived; but God had told them that the design should not take effect, Ezek. 20:32. Now, in these verses, he shows particularly how it should be frustrated. They aimed at the mingling of the families of Israel with the families of the countries; but it will prove in the issue that the wicked... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:37

And I will cause you to pass under the rod ,.... That is, such whom God will not take vengeance on, and shall not die in the wilderness of the people; but whom he will have mercy on, and show favour to, and bring at length into their own land; these he indeed will bring under the rod of correction and chastisement, by which they shall be brought to a sense of sin, a confession of it, humiliation for it, and to seek to Christ for salvation from it; or under the rod of his word, the rod of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:38

And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me ,.... All men are enemies, and enmity itself, against God; and every sin is an act of hostility and rebellion against him; every transgression and violation of his law is a casting off of allegiance to him, and a trampling upon and despising his legislative power and authority; wherefore rebels and transgressors of his law are put together; the one being explanative of the other. The people of the Jews were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:37

I will cause you to pass under the rod - This alludes to the custom of tithing the sheep. I take it from the rabbins. The sheep were all penned; and the shepherd stood at the door of the fold, where only one sheep could come out at once. He had in his hand a rod dipped in vermillion; and as they came out, he counted one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine; and as the tenth came out, he marked it with the rod, and said, "This is the tenth;" and that was set apart for the Lord. ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:38

I will purge out from among you the rebels - The incorrigibly wicked I will destroy; those who will not receive him whom I have appointed for this purpose as the Savior of Israel. And I will gather you who believe out of all the countries where you sojourn, and bring you into your own land; but those of you who will not believe - will not receive the Son of David to reign over you, shall never enter into the land of Israel, but die in your dispersions. This is what the contradicting and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:37

Verse 37 He follows up the same kind of instruction, that the people were not permitted to perish because they belonged to him, as if he had said that they should be always his, whether they liked it or not. And yet he seems to promise here what was very agreeable, that he would always esteem them as his flock. This is the meaning of to pass under the rod; for שבט, shebet, does not mean a scepter here, nor a staff by which a delinquent is struck, but it means a shepherd’s crook. It is, then, a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:38

Verse 38 He continues the discourse which he had commenced, namely, that God would not suffer the exiles to withdraw themselves from him from the time he had adopted them. Then, since they were bound by the blessing of redemption, although they thought themselves far removed from the sight of God, after they were cast into exile, he says he would be present to gather them from the land of their dwellings; that is, wherever they were dispersed to bring them out. Some suppose the phrase to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:32-38

The purpose of Israel's election. The prophecy at this point turns from the story of the past to the prediction and prospect of the future. I. GOD 'S PURPOSES CANNOT BE FULFILLED BY THE ABSORPTION OF ISRAEL AMONG THE HEATHEN . Exile and dispersion were appointed as chastisement and discipline. And there were those among the Hebrews who thought that, as a nation, they might amalgamate with the heathen, and might "serve wood and stone." To human apprehension,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:33-38

The sovereignty of God in the punishment of sin. "As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm," etc. The connection of this paragraph with what has gone before, and especially with Ezekiel 20:32 , is of the closest character; it is, in fact, essential. Three leading points require attention. I. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD OVER MEN , NOTWITHSTANDING THEIR SINS , ASSERTED . ( Ezekiel 20:33 .) The Israelites had resolved to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:33-44

Judicial discrimination. As among men, when matters of serious importance have to be determined, there is the employment of a religious oath, in other words, a solemn appeal that God should witness the truthfulness of the parties; so, when God discloses his intentions respecting the destiny of men, he speaks with a view to produce the deepest impression. He stakes his own existence upon the certainty of the event. I. GOD 'S RULE IS DIRECTED SOLELY FOR MAN 'S PURITY .... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:33-44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:37

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:38

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:37

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:38

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:32-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:33-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:33-44

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