Ezekiel 20:29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-32

Here the prophet goes on with the story of their rebellions, for their further humiliation, and shows, I. That they had persisted in them after they were settled in the land of Canaan. Though God had so many times testified his displeasure against their wicked courses, ?yet in this (that is, in the very same thing) your fathers have blasphemed me, continued to affront me, that they also have trespassed a trespass against me,? Ezek. 20:27. Note, It is a great aggravation of sin when men will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:29

Then I said unto them ,.... By his prophets that he sent unto them: what is the high place where, unto you go ? what is the name of it? what is the use of it? to what end do you go there? is there not an altar built by my order and command to sacrifice upon is this high place better than that? does it answer a better end and purpose? and the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day ; or a high place. The Septuagint also leaves the word untranslated, and calls it Abama; and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:29

What is the high place - הבמה מה mah habbamah , "what is the high place?" What is it good for? Its being a high place shows it to be a place of idolatry. I called it במה bamah , to mark it with infamy; but ye continue to frequent it, even while it is called במה bamah , to the present day! read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:29

Verse 29 Although there is no ambiguity in the Prophet’s words, yet the sentence seems frigid, and interpreters, in my judgment, have not understood the Prophet’s meaning. It may seem spiritless, that God should ask, what is the high place? But it means that they were not deceived through ignorance, since he had often cautioned them against profaning the true and genuine worship, for he often endeavored to draw them back again when he saw them wandering after their own superstitions. Hence they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-32

Unacceptable prayer. The exact date is given as a voucher for truthfulness. The prophet committed to writing at once what had occurred. The people are yet divided by distance—part dwell in Judaea and tart in Chaldea. In a spirit of vain curiosity the eiders of the exiled part approach the prophet to inquire after the destined fortunes and fate of their nation. Had they sought for guidance or help to amend their lives, their prayer had been successful. God does not pander to a spirit of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-29

God, and Israel in Canaan. "Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God," etc. We have here— I. GREAT KINDNESS GRACIOUSLY CONFERRED . "I had brought them into the land which I lifted up mine hand to give unto them." 1 . The Lord gave Canaan unto them, and brought them into it . "He gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the labour of the peoples in possession" ( Psalms 105:44 ); "And when he had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-31

The memory of offences in the land of promise. Notwithstanding the variety of incident and circumstance in the history of the chosen people, there was much sameness in their experience, in their discipline, in their errors and faults. This may account for the brevity with which the later epochs of national history are treated by the prophet in this passage. Yet there is a consciousness on his part of the aggravation of Israel's guilt which is apparent in the tone of this portion of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:29

What is the high place , etc.? Bamah, in the plural Bamoth, was the Hebrew for "high place." At first it was applied to the hill on which some local sanctuary stood ( 1 Samuel 9:12 ; 1 Kings 3:4 ), but was gradually extended, after the building of the temple as the one appointed sanctuary, to other places which were looked upon as sacred, and which became the scenes of an idolatrous and forbidden worship. Ezekiel emphasizes his scorn by a conjectural derivation of the word, as if... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 20:27-31

The probation in the land of Canaan from their entry to the day of Ezekiel.Ezekiel 20:27Yet in this - It was an aggravation of their guilt that they defiled with idolatry the land given them for their glory.Ezekiel 20:29Bamah - The Hebrew word for “high place.” Another instance of the perversion of God’s laws. When the Israelites first entered Canaan they were to set up the “tabernacle” on a “high place,” and upon this and upon no other they were to worship Yahweh (1 Samuel 9:12 ff; 1 Kings... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 20:27-29

Ezekiel 20:27-29. Therefore, son of man, speak, &c. Here the prophet proceeds with the story of their rebellions for their further humiliation, and shows that they persisted in them after they were settled in the land of Canaan. Thus saith the Lord, Yet in this, &c. Or, Moreover in this, your fathers have blasphemed me Have dishonoured me in acting contrary to my commandments. For when I had brought them into the land, &c. As soon as they were settled in the land promised... read more

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