Ezekiel 20:29-33

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:33-44

The design which was now on foot among the elders of Israel was that the people of Israel, being scattered among the nations, should lay aside all their peculiarities and conform to those among whom they lived; but God had told them that the design should not take effect, Ezek. 20:32. Now, in these verses, he shows particularly how it should be frustrated. They aimed at the mingling of the families of Israel with the families of the countries; but it will prove in the issue that the wicked... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:30

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God ,.... To the elders, as before: are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers ? they were: and commit ye whoredoms after their abominations ? spiritual adultery; that is, idolatry, in the same abominable manner? they did, as appears by what follows: 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:32

And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all ,.... What they had contrived in their own breasts, and laid a plan of, and would gladly have brought about, should be frustrated, take no effect, and come to nothing: that ye say, we will be as the Heathen ; live without God; not be in subjection to him, or under his government, or be called by his name, or attend to his word, worship, and ordinances; but join ourselves to them; enter into alliance, and intermarry with them; carry... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:33

As I live, saith the Lord God ,.... The form of an oath; the Lord swears by his own life, used more than once before; it supposes something of moment, and the certain performance of it: surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm ; from which none can escape, and which none can withstand: and with fury poured out : like floods of water, in a violent hasty shower of rain; it denotes the abundance of divine wrath, and the sudden and sure execution of it: will I rule over... 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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:32

And that which cometh into your mind - Ye wish to be naturalized among idolaters, and make a part of such nations. But this shall not be at all; you shall be preserved as a distinct people. Ye shall not be permitted to mingle yourselves with the people of those countries: even they, idolaters as they are, will despise and reject you. Besides, I will change your place, restore your captivity; yet not in mercy, but in fury poured out; and reserve you for sorer evils, Ezekiel 20:34 . read more

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