What does Ezekiel 20:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:"
Verse Ezekiel 20:4. _WILT THOU JUDGE THEM_] If thou wilt _enter into any_ _discussion with them_, show them _the abomination of their fathers_. The whole chapter is a consecutive history of the _unfai...
WILT THOU JUDGE THEM? - We should rather say, Wilt thou not judge them? i. e., wilt thou not pronounce sentence upon them? Compare Ezekiel 22:2....
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:...
WILT THOU... WILT THOU... ? Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis....
Introductory. Certain elders came to the prophet to enquire of the Lord, in the seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin and tenth day of the fifth month Aug. 590 b.c., four years before Jerusalem...
WILT THOU JUDGE THEM, &C.?— _Wilt thou not judge them,_ &c.? Lowth. _Make thyself, son of man, make thyself their judge: declare to them the abominations,_ &c. Houbigant. This whole chapter is a kind...
CHAPTER TEN ISRAEL: PAST AND FUTURE 20:1-21:32 Eleven months intervene between Ezekiel's last series of oracles and the present utterances. He has effectively shattered Judah's insane hope that judg...
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: WILT THOU JUDGE THEM, SON OF MAN? WILT THOU JUDGE THEM? The emphatic repetition expres...
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...
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...
WILT THOU JUDGE THEM? — The form of the repeated question is equivalent to an imperative — judge them. Instead of allowing their enquiry and entreaty for the averting of judgment, the prophet is direc...
הֲ תִשְׁפֹּ֣ט אֹתָ֔ם הֲ תִשְׁפֹּ֖וט בֶּן ־אָדָ֑ם אֶת ־תֹּועֲבֹ֥ת אֲבֹותָ֖ם הֹודִיעֵֽם׃...
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...
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge [them]? cause (b) them to know the abominations of their fathers: (b) This declares the great leniency and patience of God who calls sinners to repen...
_Judgest them; or, if thou wilt enter into the cause, and plead against them. (Challoner) --- Lay before them the iniquities of their fathers, and their own, which bring on the reprobation of the grea...
The Lord seems to appeal to the Prophet for his judgment to decide the equity of the Lord's cause; and, in order to enable the Prophet so to do, the Lord enters upon their history, from the servitude...
The context flows very well if we embrace this sense, that God swears that the Israelites did not come to be subject to his Prophet, and to submit themselves modestly to his instructions. If this sens...
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...
WILT THOU JUDGE THEM, SON OF MAN?.... Excuse them, patronise them, defend their cause, and plead for them? surely thou wilt not; or rather, wilt thou not reprove and correct them, judge and condemn th...
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge [them]? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: Ver. 4. _Wilt thou judge them?_] Or, Wilt thou excuse them? or, Wilt thou intercede for...
_Wilt thou judge them_ Or, rather, _Wilt thou not judge them?_ Wilt thou not reprove, or condemn them? Wilt thou not denounce my judgments against them? _Cause them to know the abominations of their f...
IN THE EARLY DAYS...
JUDGE THEM: Or, plead for them...
WILT THOU JUDGE THEM? either, Wilt thou judge charitably, and, supposing they are upright and teachable, wilt thou plead with me for them? as EZEKIEL 14:3, or as JEREMIAH 14:9. Or else thus, Wilt thou...
Ezekiel 20:4 judge H8199 (H8799) son H1121 man H120 judge H8199 (H8799) known H3045 (H8685) abominations H8441 fathers H1 judge them - or, plead for them, Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 14:20, Ezekiel 22:2,...
“Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.” Instead Ezekiel must pass His judgment on them. He was to show them why, as with their fa...
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 th...
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...
_Certain of the elders. .. sat before me._ THE ELDERS BEFORE EZEKIEL 1. True religion is emphatically a walking with God, not a mere occasional coming to Him. The precise manner in which the date is...
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 20:33)....
THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF ISRAEL (Chap. 20.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The date given in Ezekiel 20:1 applies also to chap. 20–23. (compare chap. Ezekiel 24:1). These four Chapter s are bound together...
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 prophec...
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...
1 Corinthians 6:2; Acts 7:51; Acts 7:52; Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20; Ezekiel 16:2; Ezekiel 16:3; Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 23:36; Ezekiel 23:45
Wilt thou — Wilt thou not convince and reprove them? And denounce my judgments against them? The abominations — What their fathers have done, they approve, and have outdone; by that let them know what...