John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:18
And they shall come thither ,.... That those of the captivity shall come to the land of Israel, they or their posterity: and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof ; the idols of the nations, that had been there introduced, detestable to God and all good men: and all the abominations thereof from thence ; idols, as before, even all of them, so that idolatry should be wholly rooted out; this had its accomplishment under Zerubbabel, Ezra, Haggai, &c.; when the... read more
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