Ezekiel 20:26 NLT,NIV,ESV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:26

And one polluted them in their own gifts ,.... Suffered them to defile themselves; or declared them to be, and treated them as polluted persons, in the gifts and sacrifices which they offered to idols, particularly their firstborn: as the next clause explains it: in that they caused to pass though the fire all that openeth the womb ; this very likely they did, when they sacrificed to Baalpeor, the same with Molech, Numbers 25:3 ; that I might make them desolate ; their families,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:26

I polluted them in their own gifts - I permitted them to pollute themselves by the offerings which they made to their idols. Causing their children to pass through the fire was one of those pollutions; but, did God ever give them a statute or judgment of this kind? No. He ever inveighs against such things, and they incur his heaviest displeasure and curse. See on Ezekiel 20:31 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:26

Verse 26 There is no doubt that God here continues the same doctrine’ hence we gather that injurious laws were given to the people when they adopted various errors and worshipped idols of their own fabrication instead of God: hence it is added, I polluted them in their gifts. This, then, was added by the Prophet, lest the Jews should object that they had not altogether rejected the worship of God; for they mingled the ceremonies of the laws with the fictions of the Gentiles, as we saw before,... 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 20:10-26

God, and Israel in the wilderness. "Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt," etc. The chief teachings of this section of the chapter may be developed under the following heads. I. THE KINDNESS OF GOD IN HIS DEALINGS WITH HIS PEOPLE . This is brought into our notice in four respects. 1 . In the deeds which be wrought for them . "l caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness." Their emancipation... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:18-26

The memory of the wilderness of the wanderings. At this point the transition is made from the generation who received the Law at Sinai to the generation which followed, and to whom another probation was afforded. I. THE DIVINE LAW WAS REPUBLISHED . II. THE REBELLION AND IDOLATRY OF THE PEOPLE WERE RENEWED . III. THE MOST FLAGRANT FORMS OF IDOLATROUS PRACTICE WERE ADDED TO WHAT HAD PRECEDED , In Ezekiel 20:26 mention is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:26

I polluted them through their own gifts . The noun includes all forms of blessing bestowed on Israel—its corn and wine and oil (see Ezekiel 16:19 , Ezekiel 16:20 ), even its sons and daughters, the fruit of the womb, as well as the increase of the earth. (For the prevalence of Moloch worship, and for the phrase, "pass through," see notes on Ezekiel 16:21 .) The sins were to bring desolation as their punishment, and then men would learn to know Jehovah as indeed he is. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 20:10-26

The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children.Ezekiel 20:11The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai, and repeated by Moses before his death (Exodus 20:1 ff; Deuteronomy 4:8).In them - Or, through them: and in Ezekiel 20:13.Ezekiel 20:12See Exodus 31:13. The Sabbath was a sign of a special people, commemorative of the work of creation, and hallowed to the honor of Yahweh, the covenant-God. As man... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 20:25-26

Ezekiel 20:25-26. Wherefore I gave them statutes that were not good, &c. This some understand of the ceremonial law, as if it were given purely to be a check and restraint to that perverse people, consisting of numerous rites and observances, many of which had no intrinsic good in them. “But I conceive,” says Lowth, “the statutes here spoken of to be of a different nature from those mentioned Ezekiel 20:11, because they have a quite contrary character given of them; and therefore I take... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:10-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:10-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:18-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 20:10-26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 20:25-26

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