Bible Commentary

And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country [for] the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. Verse 42. And ye shall know] Shall acknowledge that I am Jehovah. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:42”

I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 41. you with your sweet savour ] Lit. amidst, or, in sweet savour (i.e. when I smell … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:41”

For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:40”

As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter [also], if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. 39. The present text must read: Go, serve ye every … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:39”

And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. 38. Describes the other side of the process … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:38”

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: 37. to pass under the rod ] According to the usage of the language (Lev 27:32, cf. Jer 33:13) the rod or staff here is that of the shepherd, which he uses in counting … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:37”

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. With your fathers, who died there, and never entered Canaan. In the wilderness; which lay on the further side of the Red Sea, over against the land of Egypt, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:36”

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 35. of the people ] peoples. This wilderness of the peoples is the Syro-Babylonian wilderness, adjoining the peoples among whom they were dispersed; as that into which their fathers were brought was the wilderness … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:35”

And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 34. the people ] peoples. Though Israel was in captivity in the Babylonian empire, this empire embraced many peoples, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:34”

[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: 33. This resolution of the people to sink themselves among the heathen shall not stand; Jehovah will assert his sovereignty over them, amidst terrible manifestations of his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 20:33”