And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.
Ver. 20. And hallow my Sabbaths.] By abandoning as well spiritual idleness as corporal labour.
And they shall be a sign.] See on Ezekiel 20:11 .
The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children. Ezekiel 20:11 The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai,...
CHAPTER S 20-24 Further and Final Predictions Concerning the judgment of Jerusalem _ 1. Jehovah rehearses His mercies bestowed upon Israel (Ezekiel 20:1) _ 2. The impending judgment announced (Ezek...
EZEKIEL 20. THE WICKED PAST AND THE BLESSED FUTURE. Ezekiel 20:1. A Sketch of Israel's Early Idolatries. It is now 590 B.C. Almost a year has elapsed since the last incident that was dated (Ezekiel 8:...
YE MAY KNOW. See note on Ezekiel 6:7....
The second generation in the wilderness. These only imitated the sins of their fathers, Numbers 25:1-2; Deuteronomy 9:23-24; Deuteronomy 31:27....
Review of the history of the fathers The principle that has ruled this history is that all through it Jehovah has acted for his name's sake. It is this principle that has given Israel a history, othe...
WALK YE NOT, &C.— _Walk ye not in the customs of your fathers, nor pursue their manners,_ &c. Here we see that the children or progeny were again offered, as their sole rule of government what had bee...
C. Israel in the Wilderness 20:10-26 TRANSLATION (10) And I brought them out from the land of Egypt, and brought them unto the wilderness. (11) And I gave to them My statutes, and My ordinances I mad...
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. HALLOW MY SABBATHS - ()....
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF Some four years before the fall of Jerusalem the elders of Tel-abib again came to consult Ezekiel, who declared that God had no answer to give them. The reason was that their...
§ 5. A FINAL SERIES OF PROPHECIES ON THE NECESSITY OF ISRAEL'S PUNISHMENT AND THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM (EZEKIEL 20-24) Date, Aug.-Sept. 590 b.c. to Jan.-Feb. 587 b.c. This group includes a warning...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 20 * God is patient. He gives people every opportunity to *...
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JEHOVAH'S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL Ezekiel 20:1 BY far the hardest trial of Ezekiel's faith must have been the conduct of his fellow-exiles. It was amongst them that he looked for the great spiritual...
In this final section of the prophecies dealing with reprobation, the prophet in a series of messages set forth the righteousness thereof. In the seventh year of the reign of Jehoiachin, that is four...
Thus slighted and despised by the fathers, the Lord looked to their children, that the rising generation might not be rebellious as their fathers had been. But the sin of rebellion, like a chain of ma...
What he had said generally concerning the commandments he now applies again to the Sabbath, and not without reason. For, as we said yesterday, God not only wished by that day of rest to exact from the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21. Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions, continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that the general div...
AND HALLOW MY SABBATHS,.... Or keep them holy, by abstaining from worldly business on them; by observing all the duties of religion, private and public, to be performed on such days: AND THEY SHALL B...
_But I said unto their children in the wilderness_ In the plains of Moab; _Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers_ Imitate not their superstitious usages, nor retain their foolish and wicked cust...
and hallow My Sabbaths, by knowing them according to their spirit, not only in outward form; AND THEY SHALL BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND YOU THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, YOUR GOD....
IN THE WILDERNESS...
10-26. The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient kee...
HALLOW MY SABBATHS; remember to keep them holy, employ them on holy works of God's solemn and public worship, and cease from servile and worldly businesses. A SIGN: see EZEKIEL 20:12. As the Friday ob...
Ezekiel 20:20 hallow H6942 (H8761) Sabbaths H7676 sign H226 know H3045 (H8800) LORD H3068 God H430...
GOD'S DEALINGS WITH THE SECOND GENERATION IN THE WILDERNESS. So His people had proved themselves unfaithful in Egypt, even when He was working mighty things for them, and again on their journey to fr...
CONTENTS: Jehovah vindicated in the chastising of Israel. Israel's future judgment. Parable of the forest of the south field. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: God takes it as an affront when tho...
Ezekiel 20:1. _The elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me._ They still respected the divine καρισματα, or holy anointing of the Spirit; but they sought it for a reverse of the...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 20:1 This lengthy oracle has two main parts: a review of Israel’s history of offending the Lord (vv. Ezekiel 20:1), and a preview of her future restoration (vv....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 20:5 Israel’s story is told in five broad movements. The author describes the exodus generation first while they were in Egypt (vv. Ezekiel 20:5), then in the exodus itself (vv
(Ezekiel 20:18.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet describes the sins of the generation that grew up in the desert. Ezekiel 20:18. “BUT I SAID UNTO THEIR CHILDREN.” The second generation of the children...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 20:1 A new date is given, and includes what follows to Ezekiel 23:49. The last note of time was in Ezekiel 8:1, and eleven months and five days had passed, during which the prop
Now it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me (Ezekiel 20:1). Now this e...
Exodus 20:11; Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 44:24; Isaiah 5
Hallow — Remember to keep them holy....