Ezekiel 44:5-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4-9

This is much to the same purport with what we had in the beginning of Ezek. 43:1-31 As the prophet must look again upon what he had before seen, so he must be told again what he had before heard. Here, as before, he sees the house filled with the glory of the Lord, which strikes an awe upon him, so that he falls prostrate at the sight, the humblest posture of adoration and the expression of a holy awe: I fell upon my face, Ezek. 44:4. Note, The more we see of the glory of God the more low we... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 44:10-16

The Master of the house, being about to set up house again, takes account of his servants the priests, and sees who are fit to be turned out of their places and who to be kept in, and takes a course with them accordingly. I. Those who have been treacherous are degraded and put lower those Levites?or priests who were carried down the stream of the apostasy of Israel formerly, who went astray from God after their idols (Ezek. 44:10), who had complied with the idolatrous kings of Israel or Judah,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:5

And the Lord said unto me, son of man ,.... This is still the voice of the Lord speaking out of the house to the prophet, Ezekiel 43:6 , mark well ; or, "set thine heart" F6 שים לבך "pone cor tuum", V. L. Vatablus, Paguinus, Montanus; "pone ad cor tuum", Starckius. ; be attentive to what is about to be said, as being of great concern and importance: and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee ; heart, eyes, and ears, are all to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:6

And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel ,.... This is a character of literal Israel from the beginning, Deuteronomy 9:24 , and frequently given it in this prophecy, Ezekiel 2:2 , Ezekiel 3:9 and well agrees with these declining churches in the latter day, and even in our times; it represents them as rebellious, because of their disregard to the ordinances of God's house, and to the laws and rules of it; and are not only called "rebellious", but "rebellion" ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:7

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers ,.... Unregenerate men, who are in a state of alienation and estrangement to divine and spiritual things: strangers to God; to the true knowledge of him in Christ; to the fear and love of God; to the true grace of God in conversion; and to communion with him: strangers to Christ, to his person and offices; to the way of peace, life, and salvation by him; to his righteousness; to faith in him, love of him, and fellowship with him: strangers... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:8

And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things ,.... That is, have not kept and retained the holy doctrines of the Gospel; nor observed the holy ordinances of it, as they were first delivered: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves ; meaning either, that such as were in public office did not attend to it; but were idol shepherds, and left the flock, their care and charge, to others, to surrogates and curates, to do their work for them; while they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:9

Thus saith the Lord God ,.... This that follows is the law and rule to be observed, and which will be observed by the churches in the latter day, though so little regarded now: no stranger uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary ; of these See Gill on Ezekiel 44:7 unregenerate men may not be admitted members of a Gospel church; for that is holy, and holiness becomes it; but they are unholy, and as unfit to be received as swine into a king's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:10

And the Levites that are gone away far from me ,.... These Levites were priests, as appears from Ezekiel 44:13 , who professed themselves Gospel preachers, ministers of the reformed churches; but departed from the reformation principles; erred from the faith; and either mixed it with the doctrines of men, or wholly dropped, concealed, or dissembled it; departed from the word of God, as the rule of faith and practice; and set up their own reason as their guide in matters of religion; were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:5

Mark well, and behold - Take notice of every thing; register all so fully that thou shalt be able to give the most minute information to the children of Israel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:7

The fat and the blood - These never went into common use; they were wholly offered to God. The blood was poured out; the fat consumed. Because of all your abominations - Several MSS. of Kennicott's and De Rossi's read their abominations, referring to the strangers mentioned before. read more

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