Ezekiel 20:31 NIV

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 20:31

For when ye offer your gifts ,.... And sacrifices to idols. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, the firstfruits of your gifts ; it may design their firstborn; see Ezekiel 20:26 as the following clause seems to explain it: when ye make your sons to pass through the fire ; or between two fires to Moloch, as their fathers had done before them; ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day ; by worshipping idols, or dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:31

Ye pollute yourselves - This shows the sense in which God says, Ezekiel 20:26 , "I polluted them in their own gifts." They chose to pollute themselves, and I permitted them to do so. See on Ezekiel 20:25 ; (note), Ezekiel 20:26 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:31

Verse 31 He follows up the same sentiment, that it was a monstrous sin that they so perniciously remained fixed in the perverse imitation of their fathers: for they had been drawn off from their lusts by God’s numerous chastisements, and then they pretended to be afterwards disposed to obedience: God therefore here says, why, then, by offering your gifts, do you make your sons pass through the fire, and pollute yourselves with all your idols even to this day? For this question concerns what is... 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 20:27-31

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 20:30-32

God, and Israel in the then present. "Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers?" etc. The Lord Jehovah through his prophet now addresses himself to the Israel of that day, and especially to the elders who had come to the prophet to inquire of him. In these verses he declares their sins. Three chief points claim our attention. I. THE SINS OF WICKED ANCESTORS PRACTISED BY THEIR SUCCESSORS . 1 .... 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 20:30-32

Ezekiel 20:30-32. Say unto the house of Israel To the elders now sitting before thee, and through them to the rest of their brethren; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers After all that God hath said to and against you by a succession of prophets, and done against you by a series of judgments, yet will you take no warning? Will you still be as wicked as your fathers were, and commit the same abominations that they committed? Some prefer rendering the words, Are ye not... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-44

Past mistakes must not be repeated (20:27-44)Having clearly illustrated that Israel had always shown a tendency to idolatry, Ezekiel now began to apply the lessons of history to his fellow exiles in Babylon. He reminded them that as soon as the people of Israel settled in Canaan they copied the religious practices of the Canaanites (27-29). Those of Ezekiel’s day were just as idolatrous in heart and were thinking of copying the idolatrous ways of Babylon. God warns that he will not allow this... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:30-32

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 20:30-32

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-44

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