Ezekiel 44:6-9

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

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4-9

Church-worship vital to the soul. As the heart is vital to the body, and sends its tide of life to every organ in the system, so the sanctuary is the central source of spiritual life to the human commonwealth. What the Church is, the home will be, the town will be, the nation will be. The guilt contracted by Israel in the temple was a fount of iniquity whence defilement spread to every part of the body politic. The sin of the sanctuary was the sin of sins. On the other hand, the sanctuary... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4-16

The relations of the people , Levites , and priests to the sanctuary . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:6

Let it suffice you of all your abominations . It was not without sights canoe that at the north gate, which had formerly been represented as the scene of Israel's idolatries ( Ezekiel 8:5 ), the prophet should be reminded of those past iniquities of his nation, and receive instructions as to how the new community should be preserved from lapsing into similar transgressions. read more

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