John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:24
Because they had not executed my judgments ,.... Had not done that which was right and just, as the Lord commanded them: but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths ; as their fathers had done: and their eyes were after their fathers' idols ; which they had learned to serve in Egypt, or brought with them from thence; these the eyes and the hearts of their children were after, as theirs find been; and they were more desirous, encouraged, and emboldened to serve them,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:10-26
The history of the struggle between the sins of Israel, by which they endeavoured to ruin themselves, and the mercies of God, by which he endeavoured to save them and make them happy, is here continued: and the instances of that struggle in these verses have reference to what passed between God and them in the wilderness, in which God honoured himself and they shamed themselves. The story of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the New Testament (1 Cor. 10:1-33; Heb. 3:1-19), as well as... read more