Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 11:18
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
18. shall take away ] i.e. remove. Cf. ch. Eze 37:22-23. The “detestable things” are the false gods (1Ki 11:5; 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki 23:13), and all the accompaniments of the debased worship (cf. ch. Eze 33:25-26).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
They; the gathered, who assembled upon Cyruss proclamation first, and then again upon Dariuss proclamation; of which Ezr 1 and Ezr 8; they met together some where in the land of their captivity, and had a long journey to Jerusalem. Shall come thither; they shall overcome all difficulties, and escape dangers, and despatch the long journey, and come safely to their own land.
They shall take away; abolish superstition and idolatry from the temple, Jerusalem, and from the priests.
The detestable things: see Eze 11:18.
Thereof; of the land and city; and who reads Ezra, Nehemiah, and the prophets Zechariah and Haggai, will see this reformation carried on with SUCCESS.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
18. They have eschewed everyvestige of idolatry ever since their return from Babylon. But stillthe Shekinah glory had departed, the ark was not restored, nor wasthe second temple strictly inhabited by God until He came who made itmore glorious than the first temple (Hag2:9); even then His stay was short, and ended in His beingrejected; so that the full realization of the promise must still befuture.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And they shall come thither,…. That those of the captivity shall come to the land of Israel, they or their posterity:
and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof; the idols of the nations, that had been there introduced, detestable to God and all good men:
and all the abominations thereof from thence; idols, as before, even all of them, so that idolatry should be wholly rooted out; this had its accomplishment under Zerubbabel, Ezra, Haggai, c. when the worship of God was restored, and there was a reformation of many abuses in religion and again in the times of the Maccabees; and will have a greater fulfilment at the time of the conversion of the Jews; when everything that is detestable and abominable among that people will be removed; of which conversion the following words are a prophecy.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Here he adds something more important — that when the Israelites had returned to their country they would be sincere worshippers of God, and not only offer sacrifices in the temple, but purge the land of all its pollutions. Here also the Prophet admonishes them how great and detestable was the impiety of the ten tribes, because they had contaminated the land with idols. He does not here allude to the idols of the Gentiles, but rather reproves the Israelites because they had contaminated with their defilements the land which had been dedicated to God. Hence the Prophet exhorted his countrymen to repentance, when he shows that they were not cast out of the land before it was polluted; and therefore that they were justly punished for their sacrilege. This is one point. Afterwards we must remark, that we then truly and purely enjoy God’s blessings, when we direct their use to that end which is here set before us, namely, pure and proper worship. Nothing more frequently meets us than this teaching — that we have been redeemed by God that we may celebrate his glory; that the Church was planted that in it he may be glorified, and we may make known his attributes. Hence let us learn that God’s benefits then issue in our safety, and are testimonies of his paternal favor when they excite us to worship him. Thirdly, we must remark, that we do not rightly discharge our duty towards God, unless when we purge his worship from all stain and defilement. Many so worship God, that they corrupt with vicious mixtures whatever obedience they seem to render. And to this day even, those who seem to themselves very wise, are shamefully divided between God and the devil, as if they could satisfy God with half their allegiance. Hence let us learn from this passage, that God abhors such deceivers; for when he says that the Israelites after their return should be devoted to piety, he indicates it by this mark — that they shall take away all their abominations, and all their idols from the land It afterwards follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(18) They shall take away.Chastened and purified by their chastisement, they should return to the land to do away utterly with the abominations which had caused their exile. Historically, this was fully realised in the abomination in which idolatry, the great sin of the people, was ever after held among the Jews. The change of person from you to they, though so common as not necessarily to call for remark, may yet here possibly indicate that what is foretold was to belong rather to their children than to themselves.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Ver. 18. And they shall take away all the detestable things. ] So God calleth their idols and monuments of idolatry, not deigning to call them by their usual names. After the captivity the Jews would never endure idols. They chose rather to die than to suffer Caligula’s statue to be set up in their temple by Petronins. To this day they say that there is an ounce of the golden calf in all their sufferings.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 11:18-21
Eze 11:18
“And they shall come thither and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and I will give them a heart of flesh; that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.”
As already noted, this paragraph was never fully realized by the racial Israel, the ultimate fulfillment of it being achieved in the Messianic kingdom. Both Jeremiah and Ezekiel gave definite and reassuring promises of the New Covenant which God would make with Israel “in those days,” that is, in the days of the Messiah. “The full realization of what was promised here can only be understood in the light of the gift of the Holy Spirit upon the day of Pentecost.
God’s ultimate blessing of the New Israel, exclusively identified with the Church of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, would come under the New Dispensation, in the days of the Messianic kingdom. “Right here in this paragraph is the germ of that ultimate development, which Ezekiel would more fully explain in chapters 40-48.
“I will put a new spirit within you … I will take the stony heart out … and will give them a heart of flesh …” (Eze 11:19). “In Jesus’ interview with Nicodemus (John 3), he stated that Nicodemus should have known the truth of the new birth. But where is this truth stated? It is here in Eze 11:19.
“But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of detestable things …” (Eze 11:21). It should always be remembered that this promise of the exiles’ return to Canaan was not given, “as an irrevocable, unconditional promise, but it was contingent upon their obedient behavior.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Eze 11:21, Eze 5:11, Eze 7:20, Eze 37:23, Eze 42:7, Eze 42:8, Isa 1:25-27, Isa 30:22, Jer 16:18, Hos 14:8, Mic 5:10-14, Col 3:5-8, Tit 2:12
Reciprocal: Deu 7:26 – but thou shalt Isa 27:9 – when Jer 4:1 – put away Jer 31:16 – they Eze 14:11 – neither
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 11:18. Take away all the detestable things is a prediction of the complete cure from Idolatry. For the historical fulfillment of this prediction see the quotation in connection with Isa 1:25, volume three of this Commentary.