Chapter 20
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am 3411, bc 593
in the seventh The seventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and according to Usher, Monday, Aug. 27, 3411. Ezek 1:2, Ezek 8:1, Ezek 24:1, Ezek 26:1, Ezek 29:1, Ezek 29:17, Ezek 30:20, Ezek 31:1, Ezek 32:1, Ezek 40:1
that certain Ezek 14:1-3, Ezek 33:30-33; 1Kgs 14:2-6, 1Kgs 22:15-28; 2Kgs 3:13; Isa 29:13, Isa 58:2; Jer 37:17; Matt 22:16
and sat Ezek 8:1; Luke 2:46, Luke 8:35, Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3
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Are Isa 1:12; Matt 3:7; Luke 3:7
As I Ezek 20:31, Ezek 14:3-4, Ezek 14:7-8; 1Sam 28:6; Ps 50:15-21; Prov 15:8, Prov 21:27, Prov 28:9; Isa 1:15; Mic 3:7; Matt 15:8-9; John 4:24
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judge them or, plead for them, Ezek 14:14, Ezek 14:20, Ezek 22:2, Ezek 23:36, Ezek 23:45; Isa 5:3; Jer 7:16, Jer 11:14, Jer 14:11-14, Jer 15:1; 1Cor 6:2
cause Ezek 16:2-3; Matt 23:29-37; Luke 11:47-51, Luke 13:33-35; Acts 7:51-52
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In the Exod 6:6-7, Exod 19:4-6; Deut 4:37, Deut 7:6, Deut 14:2; Ps 33:12; Isa 41:8-9, Isa 43:10; Isa 44:1-2; Jer 33:24; Mark 13:20
lifted up mine hand or, sware (and so Ezek 20:6, etc. Exod 6:8-9). Ezek 20:15, Ezek 20:23, Ezek 47:14; Gen 14:22; Deut 32:40; Rev 10:5
and made Ezek 35:11; Exod 3:8, Exod 4:31; Deut 4:34, Deut 11:2-7; Ps 103:7
I am Exod 3:6, Exod 3:16, Exod 20:2-3
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lifted Ezek 20:5, Ezek 20:15, Ezek 20:23, Ezek 20:42
to bring Gen 15:13-14; Exod 3:8, Exod 3:17, 14:1-15:27
into Deut 8:7-9, Deut 11:11-12, Deut 32:8
flowing Exod 13:5, Exod 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27, Num 14:8; Deut 6:3, Deut 11:9, Deut 26:9, Deut 26:15, Deut 27:3; Deut 31:20, Deut 32:13-14; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5, Jer 32:22
which is Ezek 20:15; Ps 48:2; Dan 8:9, Dan 11:16, Dan 11:41; Zech 7:14
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Cast Ezek 20:8, Ezek 18:6, Ezek 18:15, Ezek 18:31; Isa 2:20-21, Isa 31:7
the abominations Ezek 6:9, Ezek 14:6; 2Chr 15:8
defile Ezek 23:3, Ezek 23:8; Lev 17:7, Lev 18:3; Deut 29:16-18; Josh 24:14
I am Ezek 20:19; Exod 16:12; Lev 11:44, Lev 20:7
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they rebelled Deut 9:7; Neh 9:26; Isa 63:10
they did Ezek 20:7; Exod 32:4-6
then I Ezek 20:13, Ezek 20:21, Ezek 5:13, Ezek 7:8
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I wrought Ezek 20:14, Ezek 20:22, Ezek 36:21-22, Ezek 39:7; Exod 32:12; Num 14:13-25; Deut 9:28, Deut 32:26-27; Josh 7:9; 1Sam 12:22
in whose Josh 2:10, Josh 9:9-10; 1Sam 4:8
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Exod 13:17-18, Exod 14:17-22, Exod 15:22, Exod 20:2
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I gave Deut 4:8; Neh 9:13-14; Ps 147:19-20; Rom 3:2
showed them Heb. made them to know
which Ezek 20:13, Ezek 20:21; Lev 18:5; Deut 20:15-16; Luke 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12
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I gave Gen 2:3; Exod 16:29, Exod 20:8-11, Exod 35:2; Lev 23:3, Lev 23:24, Lev 23:32, Lev 23:39, Lev 25:4; Deut 5:12-15; Neh 9:14; Mark 2:27-28; Col 2:16
to be Ezek 20:20; Exod 31:13-17
I am Ezek 37:28; Exod 19:5-6; Lev 20:8, Lev 21:8, Lev 21:15, Lev 21:23; John 17:17-19; 1Thess 5:23; Jude 1:1
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rebelled Ezek 20:8; Exod 16:28, Exod 32:8; Num 14:22; Deut 9:12-24, Deut 31:27; 1Sam 8:8; Neh 9:16-18; Ps 78:40-41, Ps 95:8-11, Ps 106:13-33; Isa 63:10
and they Ezek 20:16, Ezek 20:24; Lev 26:15, Lev 26:43; 2Sam 12:9; Prov 1:25, Prov 13:13; Amos 2:4; 1Thess 4:8; Heb 10:28-29
which Ezek 20:11
and my Ezek 20:21; Exod 16:27-28; Num 15:31-36; Isa 56:6
I said Ezek 20:8, Ezek 20:21; Exod 32:10; Num 14:11-12, Num 14:29, Num 16:20-21, Num 16:45, Num 26:25; Deut 9:8; Ps 106:23
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Ezek 20:9, Ezek 20:22, Ezek 36:22-23; Eph 1:6, Eph 1:12
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I lifted Ezek 20:23; Num 14:23-30, Num 26:64-65; Deut 1:34-35; Ps 95:11, Ps 106:26; Heb 3:11; Heb 3:18, Heb 4:3
flowing Ezek 20:6
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they Ezek 20:13-14
for their They still had a hankering after the idolatries they had learned in Egypt, to which they added new idols, which they had seen in countries through which they had travelled, as those of the Midianites, Amorites, etc. Ezek 20:8, Ezek 14:3-4, Ezek 23:8; Exod 32:1-8; Num 15:39, Num 25:2; Amos 5:25-26; Acts 7:39-43
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mine Ezek 8:18, Ezek 9:10; 1Sam 24:10; Neh 9:19; Ps 78:37-38
neither Ezek 7:2, Ezek 11:13; Jer 4:27, Jer 5:18; Nah 1:8-9
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I said Num 14:32-33, Num 32:13-15; Deut 4:3-6; Ps 78:6-8
the statutes Zech 1:2-4; Luke 11:47-48; Acts 7:51; 1Pet 1:18
defile Ezek 20:7; Jer 2:7, Jer 3:9
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the Lord Exod 20:2-3; Deut 5:6-7, Deut 7:4-6; Ps 81:9-10; Jer 3:22-23
walk Ezek 11:20, Ezek 36:27, Ezek 37:24; Deut 4:1, Deut 5:1, Deut 5:32-33, 6:1-8:20, 10:1-12:32; Neh 9:13-14; Ps 19:7-11, Ps 105:45; Titus 2:11-14
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Ezek 20:12, Ezek 44:24; Exod 20:11, Exod 31:13-17; Neh 13:15-22; Isa 58:13; Jer 17:22, Jer 17:24, Jer 17:27
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the children Num 21:5, Num 25:1-8; Deut 9:23-24, Deut 31:27; Ps 106:29-33; Acts 13:18
if a man Ezek 20:11, Ezek 20:13
I would Ezek 20:8, Ezek 20:13, Ezek 21:31; 2Chr 34:21, 2Chr 34:25; Rev 16:1
accomplish Ezek 7:8, Ezek 13:15; Lam 4:11; Dan 11:36
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I withdrew Ezek 20:17; Job 13:21; Ps 78:38; Lam 2:8
wrought Ezek 20:9, Ezek 20:14, Ezek 20:22; Ps 25:11, Ps 79:9-10, Ps 115:1; Isa 48:9-11; Jer 14:7, Jer 14:21; Dan 9:17, Dan 9:19
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lifted Ezek 20:15; Deut 32:40; Rev 10:5-6
that I The predictions of the dispersion of Israel, delivered by Moses just before his death, are evidently here referred to: they received a partial accomplishment at the Babylonian captivity, but are more exactly fulfilling at this day. Lev 26:33; Deut 28:64-68, Deut 32:26-27; Ps 106:27; Jer 15:4
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they had Ezek 20:13, Ezek 20:16
their eyes Ezek 6:9, Ezek 18:6, Ezek 18:12, Ezek 18:15; Deut 4:19; Job 31:26-27; Amos 2:4
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I gave The simple meaning of this place is, that when the Israelites had rebelled against God, despised his statutes, and polluted his sabbaths, in effect cast him off, and given themselves up wholly to their idols, then He, in a just judgment for their disobedience, abandoned them, "gave them up to a reprobate mind," (Rom 1:28), and suffered them to walk after the idolatrous, cruel, and impious customs and ordinances of the heathen; by which they were ripened for the destruction which he intended to bring upon them, that they might learn to know God by his judgments, seeing they had despised his mercies. In the same sense God is said judicially to "send a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie," to those who "received not the love of the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." Ezek 20:26, Ezek 20:39, Ezek 14:9-11; Deut 4:27-28, Deut 28:36; Ps 81:12; Isa 66:4; Rom 1:21-28; 2Thess 2:9-11
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polluted Ezek 20:31; Isa 63:17; Rom 11:7-10
in that Ezek 16:20-21; Lev 18:21; 2Kgs 17:17, 2Kgs 21:6; 2Chr 28:3, 2Chr 33:6; Jer 32:35
all that Exod 13:12; Luke 2:23
to the end Ezek 6:7
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speak Ezek 2:7, Ezek 3:4, Ezek 3:11, Ezek 3:27
Yet Rom 2:24; Rev 13:5
committed Heb. trespassed
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when I Josh 23:3-4, Josh 23:14; Neh 9:22-26; Ps 78:55-58
the which Ezek 20:6, Ezek 20:15; Gen 15:18-21, Gen 26:3-4; Ps 105:8-11
they saw Ezek 6:13; Ps 78:58; Isa 57:5-7; Jer 2:7, Jer 3:6
their sweet Ezek 16:19
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I said etc. or, I told them what the high place was, or, Bamah. And the. Ezek 16:24-25, Ezek 16:31
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Are ye Num 32:14; Judg 2:19; Jer 7:26, Jer 9:14, Jer 16:12; Matt 23:32; Acts 7:51
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ye offer Ezek 20:26; Deut 18:10-12; Ps 106:37-39; Jer 7:31, Jer 19:5
and shall Ezek 20:3, Ezek 14:3-4; 1Sam 28:5-6; 2Kgs 3:13-14; Job 27:8, Job 27:10; Ps 66:18; Prov 1:27-28, Prov 28:9; Isa 1:15; Jer 14:12; Zech 7:13; Matt 25:11-12; Jas 4:1-3
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that which Ezek 11:5, Ezek 38:10; Ps 139:2; Prov 19:21; Lam 3:37
We will 1Sam 8:5; Jer 44:17, Jer 44:29; Rom 12:2
to serve Deut 4:28, Deut 28:36, Deut 28:64, Deut 29:17; Isa 37:19; Dan 5:4; Rev 9:20
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surely Ezek 8:18; Jer 21:5, Jer 42:18, Jer 44:6; Lam 2:4; Dan 9:11-12
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Ezek 20:38, Ezek 34:16; Isa 27:9-13; Amos 9:9-10
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I will Ezek 20:36, Ezek 19:13, Ezek 38:8; Hos 2:14; Mic 4:10, Mic 7:13-15; Rev 12:14
and there Ezek 17:20, Ezek 38:22; Jer 2:9, Jer 2:35, Jer 25:31; Hos 4:1; Mic 6:1-2
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Ezek 20:13, Ezek 20:21; Exod 32:7-35; Num 11:1-35, Num 14:1-45, Num 16:1-50, Num 25:1-18; Ps 106:15-48; 1Cor 10:5-10
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pass Ezek 34:17; Lev 27:32; Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33
I will Ezek 16:59-60; Lev 26:25; Ps 89:30-32; Amos 3:2
the bond or, a delivering
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I will purge Ezek 11:21, Ezek 34:17, Ezek 34:20-22; Num 14:28-30; Amos 9:9-10; Zech 13:8-9; Mal 3:3; Mal 4:1-3; Matt 3:9-10, Matt 3:12, Matt 25:32-33; Rom 9:27-29
they shall Ezek 13:9; Num 14:30; Ps 95:11; Jer 44:14; 1Cor 10:5; Heb 4:6; Jude 1:5
and ye Ezek 6:7, Ezek 15:7, Ezek 23:49; Ps 9:16
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Go ye Ezek 20:25-26; Judg 10:14; 2Kgs 3:13; Ps 81:12; Hos 4:17; Amos 4:4-5; Rom 1:24-28; 2Thess 2:11
but Ezek 23:37-39; Prov 21:27; Isa 1:13-15, Isa 66:3; Jer 7:9-11; Zeph 1:4-5; Matt 6:24; Rev 3:15-16
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in mine These predictions received a partial accomplishment by the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; but they seem chiefly to relate to the establishment of the Christian church, and more especially to the future conversion of the Jews, and their restoration to their own land. Ezek 17:23; Ps 2:6, Ps 68:15-16; Isa 2:2-3, Isa 66:20; Jer 31:12; Joel 3:17-18; Obad 1:16; Mic 4:1-2; Heb 12:20-22; Rev 21:10
there shall Ezek 37:22-28; Isa 56:7, Isa 60:7, Isa 66:23; Zech 8:20-23; Mal 1:11, Mal 3:4; Rev 12:1; Heb 13:15; 1Pet 2:5
firstfruits or, chief
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with your Ezek 20:28, Ezek 6:13; Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18
sweet savour Heb. savour of rest
I bring Ezek 11:17, Ezek 34:19, Ezek 36:24, Ezek 37:25, Ezek 38:8; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 27:12-13; Jer 23:3; Jer 30:3, Jer 30:18, Jer 32:37; Amos 9:14; Obad 1:17-21; Mic 7:12-16
and I will Ezek 28:22, Ezek 28:25, Ezek 38:23, Ezek 39:27-29; Lev 10:3; Isa 5:16; Luke 2:14; 1Pet 3:15
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ye shall Ezek 20:38, Ezek 20:44, Ezek 24:24, Ezek 26:13, Ezek 36:23, Ezek 38:23; Jer 24:7, Jer 31:34; John 17:3; 1John 5:20
when I Ezek 11:17-20, Ezek 34:13, Ezek 36:24, Ezek 37:21, Ezek 37:25
for the which Ezek 20:15
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shall ye Ezek 6:9; Lev 26:39-41; Neh 1:8-10; Hos 5:15
and ye shall Ezek 16:61-63, Ezek 36:31; Job 42:6; Jer 31:18; Zech 12:10-14; Luke 18:13; 2Cor 7:11
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And ye shall Ezek 20:38, Ezek 24:24
when I Ezek 20:9, Ezek 20:14, Ezek 20:22, Ezek 36:21-22; Ps 79:9, Ps 115:1; Eph 1:6; 1Tim 1:16
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Moreover This is the beginning of another prophecy, and properly belongs to the following chapter. Ezek 20:45
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set Ezek 4:7, Ezek 6:2
toward Towards Judea, which lay south of Mesopotamia, where the prophet now dwelt.
and drop Ezek 21:2; Deut 32:2; Job 29:22; Amos 7:16; Mic 2:6 *marg.
the forest The city of Jerusalem, as full of inhabitants as the forest is of trees. Jer 13:19, Jer 22:7; Zech 11:1-2
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I will kindle I will send war; and it shall destroy all ranks and characters of the people. Ezek 15:6-7, Ezek 19:14, Ezek 22:20-21; Deut 32:22; Isa 9:18-19, Isa 30:33; Jer 21:14
green Ezek 17:24; Luke 23:31
the flaming Isa 66:24; Mark 9:43-49
from the south Ezek 21:3-4; Isa 24:1-6
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Deut 29:24-28; 2Chr 7:20-22; Isa 26:11; Jer 40:2-3; Lam 2:16-17
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Doth Is it not his usual custom to deal in enigmas? His figures are not to be understood; we should not trouble ourselves with them. God therefore commands the prophet to declare, in the next chapter, the same things in the plainest terms, so that they should not complain of his parables. Matt 13:13-14; John 16:25; Acts 17:18
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am 3411, bc 593
in the seventh The seventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and according to Usher, Monday, Aug. 27, 3411. Ezek 1:2, Ezek 8:1, Ezek 24:1, Ezek 26:1, Ezek 29:1, Ezek 29:17, Ezek 30:20, Ezek 31:1, Ezek 32:1, Ezek 40:1
that certain Ezek 14:1-3, Ezek 33:30-33; 1Kgs 14:2-6, 1Kgs 22:15-28; 2Kgs 3:13; Isa 29:13, Isa 58:2; Jer 37:17; Matt 22:16
and sat Ezek 8:1; Luke 2:46, Luke 8:35, Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3
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Are Isa 1:12; Matt 3:7; Luke 3:7
As I Ezek 20:31, Ezek 14:3-4, Ezek 14:7-8; 1Sam 28:6; Ps 50:15-21; Prov 15:8, Prov 21:27, Prov 28:9; Isa 1:15; Mic 3:7; Matt 15:8-9; John 4:24
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judge them or, plead for them, Ezek 14:14, Ezek 14:20, Ezek 22:2, Ezek 23:36, Ezek 23:45; Isa 5:3; Jer 7:16, Jer 11:14, Jer 14:11-14, Jer 15:1; 1Cor 6:2
cause Ezek 16:2-3; Matt 23:29-37; Luke 11:47-51, Luke 13:33-35; Acts 7:51-52
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In the Exod 6:6-7, Exod 19:4-6; Deut 4:37, Deut 7:6, Deut 14:2; Ps 33:12; Isa 41:8-9, Isa 43:10; Isa 44:1-2; Jer 33:24; Mark 13:20
lifted up mine hand or, sware (and so Ezek 20:6, etc. Exod 6:8-9). Ezek 20:15, Ezek 20:23, Ezek 47:14; Gen 14:22; Deut 32:40; Rev 10:5
and made Ezek 35:11; Exod 3:8, Exod 4:31; Deut 4:34, Deut 11:2-7; Ps 103:7
I am Exod 3:6, Exod 3:16, Exod 20:2-3
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lifted Ezek 20:5, Ezek 20:15, Ezek 20:23, Ezek 20:42
to bring Gen 15:13-14; Exod 3:8, Exod 3:17, 14:1-15:27
into Deut 8:7-9, Deut 11:11-12, Deut 32:8
flowing Exod 13:5, Exod 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27, Num 14:8; Deut 6:3, Deut 11:9, Deut 26:9, Deut 26:15, Deut 27:3; Deut 31:20, Deut 32:13-14; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5, Jer 32:22
which is Ezek 20:15; Ps 48:2; Dan 8:9, Dan 11:16, Dan 11:41; Zech 7:14
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Cast Ezek 20:8, Ezek 18:6, Ezek 18:15, Ezek 18:31; Isa 2:20-21, Isa 31:7
the abominations Ezek 6:9, Ezek 14:6; 2Chr 15:8
defile Ezek 23:3, Ezek 23:8; Lev 17:7, Lev 18:3; Deut 29:16-18; Josh 24:14
I am Ezek 20:19; Exod 16:12; Lev 11:44, Lev 20:7
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they rebelled Deut 9:7; Neh 9:26; Isa 63:10
they did Ezek 20:7; Exod 32:4-6
then I Ezek 20:13, Ezek 20:21, Ezek 5:13, Ezek 7:8
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I wrought Ezek 20:14, Ezek 20:22, Ezek 36:21-22, Ezek 39:7; Exod 32:12; Num 14:13-25; Deut 9:28, Deut 32:26-27; Josh 7:9; 1Sam 12:22
in whose Josh 2:10, Josh 9:9-10; 1Sam 4:8
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Exod 13:17-18, Exod 14:17-22, Exod 15:22, Exod 20:2
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I gave Deut 4:8; Neh 9:13-14; Ps 147:19-20; Rom 3:2
showed them Heb. made them to know
which Ezek 20:13, Ezek 20:21; Lev 18:5; Deut 20:15-16; Luke 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12
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I gave Gen 2:3; Exod 16:29, Exod 20:8-11, Exod 35:2; Lev 23:3, Lev 23:24, Lev 23:32, Lev 23:39, Lev 25:4; Deut 5:12-15; Neh 9:14; Mark 2:27-28; Col 2:16
to be Ezek 20:20; Exod 31:13-17
I am Ezek 37:28; Exod 19:5-6; Lev 20:8, Lev 21:8, Lev 21:15, Lev 21:23; John 17:17-19; 1Thess 5:23; Jude 1:1
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rebelled Ezek 20:8; Exod 16:28, Exod 32:8; Num 14:22; Deut 9:12-24, Deut 31:27; 1Sam 8:8; Neh 9:16-18; Ps 78:40-41, Ps 95:8-11, Ps 106:13-33; Isa 63:10
and they Ezek 20:16, Ezek 20:24; Lev 26:15, Lev 26:43; 2Sam 12:9; Prov 1:25, Prov 13:13; Amos 2:4; 1Thess 4:8; Heb 10:28-29
which Ezek 20:11
and my Ezek 20:21; Exod 16:27-28; Num 15:31-36; Isa 56:6
I said Ezek 20:8, Ezek 20:21; Exod 32:10; Num 14:11-12, Num 14:29, Num 16:20-21, Num 16:45, Num 26:25; Deut 9:8; Ps 106:23
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Ezek 20:9, Ezek 20:22, Ezek 36:22-23; Eph 1:6, Eph 1:12
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I lifted Ezek 20:23; Num 14:23-30, Num 26:64-65; Deut 1:34-35; Ps 95:11, Ps 106:26; Heb 3:11; Heb 3:18, Heb 4:3
flowing Ezek 20:6
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they Ezek 20:13-14
for their They still had a hankering after the idolatries they had learned in Egypt, to which they added new idols, which they had seen in countries through which they had travelled, as those of the Midianites, Amorites, etc. Ezek 20:8, Ezek 14:3-4, Ezek 23:8; Exod 32:1-8; Num 15:39, Num 25:2; Amos 5:25-26; Acts 7:39-43
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mine Ezek 8:18, Ezek 9:10; 1Sam 24:10; Neh 9:19; Ps 78:37-38
neither Ezek 7:2, Ezek 11:13; Jer 4:27, Jer 5:18; Nah 1:8-9
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I said Num 14:32-33, Num 32:13-15; Deut 4:3-6; Ps 78:6-8
the statutes Zech 1:2-4; Luke 11:47-48; Acts 7:51; 1Pet 1:18
defile Ezek 20:7; Jer 2:7, Jer 3:9
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the Lord Exod 20:2-3; Deut 5:6-7, Deut 7:4-6; Ps 81:9-10; Jer 3:22-23
walk Ezek 11:20, Ezek 36:27, Ezek 37:24; Deut 4:1, Deut 5:1, Deut 5:32-33, 6:1-8:20, 10:1-12:32; Neh 9:13-14; Ps 19:7-11, Ps 105:45; Titus 2:11-14
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Ezek 20:12, Ezek 44:24; Exod 20:11, Exod 31:13-17; Neh 13:15-22; Isa 58:13; Jer 17:22, Jer 17:24, Jer 17:27
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the children Num 21:5, Num 25:1-8; Deut 9:23-24, Deut 31:27; Ps 106:29-33; Acts 13:18
if a man Ezek 20:11, Ezek 20:13
I would Ezek 20:8, Ezek 20:13, Ezek 21:31; 2Chr 34:21, 2Chr 34:25; Rev 16:1
accomplish Ezek 7:8, Ezek 13:15; Lam 4:11; Dan 11:36
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I withdrew Ezek 20:17; Job 13:21; Ps 78:38; Lam 2:8
wrought Ezek 20:9, Ezek 20:14, Ezek 20:22; Ps 25:11, Ps 79:9-10, Ps 115:1; Isa 48:9-11; Jer 14:7, Jer 14:21; Dan 9:17, Dan 9:19
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lifted Ezek 20:15; Deut 32:40; Rev 10:5-6
that I The predictions of the dispersion of Israel, delivered by Moses just before his death, are evidently here referred to: they received a partial accomplishment at the Babylonian captivity, but are more exactly fulfilling at this day. Lev 26:33; Deut 28:64-68, Deut 32:26-27; Ps 106:27; Jer 15:4
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they had Ezek 20:13, Ezek 20:16
their eyes Ezek 6:9, Ezek 18:6, Ezek 18:12, Ezek 18:15; Deut 4:19; Job 31:26-27; Amos 2:4
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I gave The simple meaning of this place is, that when the Israelites had rebelled against God, despised his statutes, and polluted his sabbaths, in effect cast him off, and given themselves up wholly to their idols, then He, in a just judgment for their disobedience, abandoned them, "gave them up to a reprobate mind," (Rom 1:28), and suffered them to walk after the idolatrous, cruel, and impious customs and ordinances of the heathen; by which they were ripened for the destruction which he intended to bring upon them, that they might learn to know God by his judgments, seeing they had despised his mercies. In the same sense God is said judicially to "send a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie," to those who "received not the love of the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." Ezek 20:26, Ezek 20:39, Ezek 14:9-11; Deut 4:27-28, Deut 28:36; Ps 81:12; Isa 66:4; Rom 1:21-28; 2Thess 2:9-11
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polluted Ezek 20:31; Isa 63:17; Rom 11:7-10
in that Ezek 16:20-21; Lev 18:21; 2Kgs 17:17, 2Kgs 21:6; 2Chr 28:3, 2Chr 33:6; Jer 32:35
all that Exod 13:12; Luke 2:23
to the end Ezek 6:7
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speak Ezek 2:7, Ezek 3:4, Ezek 3:11, Ezek 3:27
Yet Rom 2:24; Rev 13:5
committed Heb. trespassed
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when I Josh 23:3-4, Josh 23:14; Neh 9:22-26; Ps 78:55-58
the which Ezek 20:6, Ezek 20:15; Gen 15:18-21, Gen 26:3-4; Ps 105:8-11
they saw Ezek 6:13; Ps 78:58; Isa 57:5-7; Jer 2:7, Jer 3:6
their sweet Ezek 16:19
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I said etc. or, I told them what the high place was, or, Bamah. And the. Ezek 16:24-25, Ezek 16:31
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Are ye Num 32:14; Judg 2:19; Jer 7:26, Jer 9:14, Jer 16:12; Matt 23:32; Acts 7:51
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ye offer Ezek 20:26; Deut 18:10-12; Ps 106:37-39; Jer 7:31, Jer 19:5
and shall Ezek 20:3, Ezek 14:3-4; 1Sam 28:5-6; 2Kgs 3:13-14; Job 27:8, Job 27:10; Ps 66:18; Prov 1:27-28, Prov 28:9; Isa 1:15; Jer 14:12; Zech 7:13; Matt 25:11-12; Jas 4:1-3
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that which Ezek 11:5, Ezek 38:10; Ps 139:2; Prov 19:21; Lam 3:37
We will 1Sam 8:5; Jer 44:17, Jer 44:29; Rom 12:2
to serve Deut 4:28, Deut 28:36, Deut 28:64, Deut 29:17; Isa 37:19; Dan 5:4; Rev 9:20
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surely Ezek 8:18; Jer 21:5, Jer 42:18, Jer 44:6; Lam 2:4; Dan 9:11-12
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Ezek 20:38, Ezek 34:16; Isa 27:9-13; Amos 9:9-10
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I will Ezek 20:36, Ezek 19:13, Ezek 38:8; Hos 2:14; Mic 4:10, Mic 7:13-15; Rev 12:14
and there Ezek 17:20, Ezek 38:22; Jer 2:9, Jer 2:35, Jer 25:31; Hos 4:1; Mic 6:1-2
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Ezek 20:13, Ezek 20:21; Exod 32:7-35; Num 11:1-35, Num 14:1-45, Num 16:1-50, Num 25:1-18; Ps 106:15-48; 1Cor 10:5-10
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pass Ezek 34:17; Lev 27:32; Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33
I will Ezek 16:59-60; Lev 26:25; Ps 89:30-32; Amos 3:2
the bond or, a delivering
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I will purge Ezek 11:21, Ezek 34:17, Ezek 34:20-22; Num 14:28-30; Amos 9:9-10; Zech 13:8-9; Mal 3:3; Mal 4:1-3; Matt 3:9-10, Matt 3:12, Matt 25:32-33; Rom 9:27-29
they shall Ezek 13:9; Num 14:30; Ps 95:11; Jer 44:14; 1Cor 10:5; Heb 4:6; Jude 1:5
and ye Ezek 6:7, Ezek 15:7, Ezek 23:49; Ps 9:16
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Go ye Ezek 20:25-26; Judg 10:14; 2Kgs 3:13; Ps 81:12; Hos 4:17; Amos 4:4-5; Rom 1:24-28; 2Thess 2:11
but Ezek 23:37-39; Prov 21:27; Isa 1:13-15, Isa 66:3; Jer 7:9-11; Zeph 1:4-5; Matt 6:24; Rev 3:15-16
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in mine These predictions received a partial accomplishment by the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; but they seem chiefly to relate to the establishment of the Christian church, and more especially to the future conversion of the Jews, and their restoration to their own land. Ezek 17:23; Ps 2:6, Ps 68:15-16; Isa 2:2-3, Isa 66:20; Jer 31:12; Joel 3:17-18; Obad 1:16; Mic 4:1-2; Heb 12:20-22; Rev 21:10
there shall Ezek 37:22-28; Isa 56:7, Isa 60:7, Isa 66:23; Zech 8:20-23; Mal 1:11, Mal 3:4; Rev 12:1; Heb 13:15; 1Pet 2:5
firstfruits or, chief
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with your Ezek 20:28, Ezek 6:13; Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18
sweet savour Heb. savour of rest
I bring Ezek 11:17, Ezek 34:19, Ezek 36:24, Ezek 37:25, Ezek 38:8; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 27:12-13; Jer 23:3; Jer 30:3, Jer 30:18, Jer 32:37; Amos 9:14; Obad 1:17-21; Mic 7:12-16
and I will Ezek 28:22, Ezek 28:25, Ezek 38:23, Ezek 39:27-29; Lev 10:3; Isa 5:16; Luke 2:14; 1Pet 3:15
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ye shall Ezek 20:38, Ezek 20:44, Ezek 24:24, Ezek 26:13, Ezek 36:23, Ezek 38:23; Jer 24:7, Jer 31:34; John 17:3; 1John 5:20
when I Ezek 11:17-20, Ezek 34:13, Ezek 36:24, Ezek 37:21, Ezek 37:25
for the which Ezek 20:15
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shall ye Ezek 6:9; Lev 26:39-41; Neh 1:8-10; Hos 5:15
and ye shall Ezek 16:61-63, Ezek 36:31; Job 42:6; Jer 31:18; Zech 12:10-14; Luke 18:13; 2Cor 7:11
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And ye shall Ezek 20:38, Ezek 24:24
when I Ezek 20:9, Ezek 20:14, Ezek 20:22, Ezek 36:21-22; Ps 79:9, Ps 115:1; Eph 1:6; 1Tim 1:16
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Moreover This is the beginning of another prophecy, and properly belongs to the following chapter. Ezek 20:45
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set Ezek 4:7, Ezek 6:2
toward Towards Judea, which lay south of Mesopotamia, where the prophet now dwelt.
and drop Ezek 21:2; Deut 32:2; Job 29:22; Amos 7:16; Mic 2:6 *marg.
the forest The city of Jerusalem, as full of inhabitants as the forest is of trees. Jer 13:19, Jer 22:7; Zech 11:1-2
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I will kindle I will send war; and it shall destroy all ranks and characters of the people. Ezek 15:6-7, Ezek 19:14, Ezek 22:20-21; Deut 32:22; Isa 9:18-19, Isa 30:33; Jer 21:14
green Ezek 17:24; Luke 23:31
the flaming Isa 66:24; Mark 9:43-49
from the south Ezek 21:3-4; Isa 24:1-6
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Deut 29:24-28; 2Chr 7:20-22; Isa 26:11; Jer 40:2-3; Lam 2:16-17
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Doth Is it not his usual custom to deal in enigmas? His figures are not to be understood; we should not trouble ourselves with them. God therefore commands the prophet to declare, in the next chapter, the same things in the plainest terms, so that they should not complain of his parables. Matt 13:13-14; John 16:25; Acts 17:18