Ezekiel 11:20 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 11:20

That they may walk in my statutes ,.... Have their conversation ordered according to the will and word of God; to which there is neither will nor power, till God gives a new heart and spirit, or works in them both to will and to do: and keep mine ordinances, and do them ; all things appertaining to religion and worship, both in public and private: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God ; it will appear by walking in the statutes of the Lord, and by keeping his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:20

That they may walk in my statutes - The holiness of their lives shall prove the work of God upon their hearts. Then it shall appear that I am their God, because I have done such things in them and for them; and their holy conduct shall show that they are my people. See on Ezekiel 36:25 ; (note), etc. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:20

Verse 20 He adds afterwards, that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God Now the Prophet more clearly expresses how God would give his elect hearts of flesh instead of those of stone, when he regenerates them by his Spirit, and when he forms them to obey his law, so that they may willingly observe his commands, and efficiently accomplish what he causes them to will. Now let us consider more attentively the whole... 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 11:19-20

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:20

That they may walk in my statutes, etc. Out of the new spirit there was to grow the new life—a life of righteousness and obedience, as in worship, so also in the acts of man's daily life and his dealings with his neighbours. So, and not otherwise, could the actual relation of Jehovah correspond to the ideal, as it had been declared of old ( Exodus 6:7 ; Le Exodus 26:12 ; 1 Samuel 12:22 ; 2 Samuel 7:23 ). This, for Ezekiel, was the crowning blessedness of all, as it had been that of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:20

Mutual possession. This language is of frequent occurrence in Scripture, and applies to the relation between Jehovah and his chosen and covenant people Israel. It is ideal, for, as a matter of fact, the descendants of Abraham and of Jacob were constantly in rebellion against God, and alienated from him by their wicked works. Yet it was actually true of an election within the nation. And it remains forever applicable, in strict and literal truth, to all those who receive Divine grace,... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 11:17-20

Ezekiel 11:17-20. I will even gather you from the people This might be, in some degree, fulfilled in those that returned from captivity, but the perfect completion of this promise must be referred to the time of the expected general restoration of the Jewish nation. And they shall come thither They who assemble upon Cyrus’s proclamation first, and they who afterward assemble upon Darius’s, shall overcome all difficulties, perform their journey, and come safely to their own land. And they... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:20

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 11:17-20

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