Ezekiel 11:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-21

Prophecy was designed to exalt every valley as well as to bring low every mountain and hill (Isa. 40:4), and prophets were to speak not only conviction to the presumptuous and secure, but comfort to the despised and desponding that trembled at God's word. The prophet Ezekiel, having in the former part of this chapter received instructions for the awakening of those that were at ease in Zion, is in these verses furnished with comfortable words for those that mourned in Babylon and by the rivers... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19

And I will give them one heart ,.... In opposition to a divided heart, Hosea 10:2 ; divided between the true God and idols, wavering and halting between two opinions, sometimes serving God, and sometimes Baal; a heart to pursue one way of worship, and to serve the Lord with one shoulder or consent, Jeremiah 32:40 ; a heart sincere to God and man, in opposition to a double or hypocritical one, Psalm 12:2 ; a heart single to the honour and glory of God, and firmly attached to his word... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:19

And I will give them one heart - A whole system of renewed affections. And I will put a new spirit within you - To direct and influence these new affections. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh - That which would not receive the impressions of my Spirit. And will give them a heart of flesh - One that is capable of receiving and retaining these impressions. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:19

Verse 19 As God had already spoken concerning the piety of the Israelites, he shows that they could not forsake their sins until they were renewed, and so born again by his Spirit. Therefore he seemed in the last verse to praise the Israelites; but because men too eagerly claim as their own what has been given them from above, now God claims to himself glow of their virtues, of which he had formerly spoken. Their zeal in purging the land of all abominations was worthy of praise; hence the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-20

A suffering people scorned by man and comforted by God. "Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, thy brethren," etc. I. A SUFFERING PEOPLE SCORNED BY THEIR BRETHREN WHO THOUGHT THEMSELVES SECURE . ( Ezekiel 11:15 .) A considerable number of the fellow countrymen of Ezekiel were, like him, suffering the privations and sorrows of exile; and the people that still remained in Jerusalem, instead of pitying the exiles, despised and insulted them.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them one heart. The LXX ; following a different reading, gives "another heart" (as in 1 Samuel 10:9 ); but the Hebrew, represented by the Authorized and Revised Versions, is, without any doubt, right. As in the symbolic action of the joining of the two sticks in Ezekiel 37:15-22 , so here, the hope of the prophet, like that of Isaiah and Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 32:37-39 ), looked forward to the unity of the restored people. Judah should no longer vex Ephraim, nor Ephraim... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19

Spiritual transformation. This promise is one of the most precious to be found in the Old Testament Scripture. Relating as it evidently does in this passage to the nation of Israel as a whole, it has generally been taken by Christians as having applicability to all who yield themselves to God, to be dealt with by his renewing and transforming grace. I. THE NATURE THAT NEEDS TRANSFORMATION . This is characterized by hardness. It is "the stony heart" which Divine grace... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19

A united heart the gift of God. "I will give them one heart." The exiles in Babylon, to whom the text was addressed, had long wandered from God into idolatry. Their heart had not been fixed or united. The promise was fulfilled in their case in this sense—that since their return from captivity they have never lapsed into idolatry. I. THIS PROMISE IS APPLICABLE TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH , Oneness of interest and heart in the welfare of a Church on the part of its members is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19-20

The heart of flesh. Two mistakes are commonly made by well meaning social reformers. Too much faith is placed in external improvement, and too much power is credited to man. It is not perceived that the greatest evil is in the heart, and that the only cure can be found in the help of God. but both of these deeper truths are recognized in the passage before us. I. THE NATURE OF THE GREAT CHANGE . Ezekiel 11:17 had promised an external restoration; now we have the assurance... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 11:19-21

Compare Revelation 21:0. The identity of thought and language in Ezekiel, predicting the new kingdom of Israel, and in John, foretelling the kingdom of heaven, forces upon us the conclusion that the prophecy of Ezekiel has an ultimate reference to that climax which John plainly indicates.Ezekiel 11:19One heart - So long as the Israelites were distracted by the service of many gods, such unity was impossible; but now, when they shall have taken away the “abominations” from the land, they shall... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 11:19-21

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