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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:25

Ezekiel 20:25 The prophet Ezekiel in the text announces a very solemn judgment of God upon those who refuse truth. The chiefs of the nation are before the prophet, requiring to know how God might be propitiated, so as to bring them again to their country and their homes. Possessed by the Awful Indweller, Ezekiel recapitulates the history of the Jews from the beginning, and amongst God's mingled visitations of wrath and mercy, is described that of the text. There is an obvious difficulty in this... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:38

Ezekiel 14:8 ; Ezekiel 20:38 Such is the solemn burden with which the prophet Ezekiel closes almost every paragraph of his prophecy: the proposed result of all the judgments denounced and all the mercies promised by God through his ministration. A result so announced, so repeated, cannot be unimportant. I. When we come seriously to consider the matter, shall we not find that it is a lesson worth knowing at any price at the price of home and comfort, of wealth and vigour, yea, of life itself,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:49

Ezekiel 20:49 Nothing is more disheartening, if we must believe it to be true, than the language in which some persons talk of the difficulties of the Scriptures, and the absolute certainty that different men will ever continue to understand them differently. It seems desirable that every student of Scripture should know as well as may be, what the exact state of this question is; for if the subject of his studies is really so hopelessly uncertain, it is scarcely possible that his zeal in... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ezekiel 20:37

DISCOURSE: 1108CONVERSION, IN ITS COMMENCEMENT AND PROGRESSEzekiel 20:37. I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.THE precise import of these words is not clear at first sight. If we take them in connexion with the preceding context, they must be considered as a continuation of the threatening denounced against the Jews for their abominable idolatries. Then their meaning will be, ‘I will inflict upon you the judgments which your violations of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ezekiel 20:40-44

DISCOURSE: 1109RESTORATION OF THE JEWS, AND THE CONVERSION OF A SOUL, COMPAREDEzekiel 20:40-44. 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 first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ezekiel 20:49

DISCOURSE: 1110MEN’S TREATMENT OF THE GOSPELEzekiel 20:49. Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?THE word of God, by whomsoever spoken, should be received with reverence and godly fear. Great care indeed should be taken to examine whether the word which is spoken in his name be agreeable to the sacred oracles; but when that point is ascertained, then we should bow before it, and submit ourselves wholly and cheerfully to its directions. This is the plain dictate of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Ezekiel 20:37

rod The passage is a prophecy of the future judgment upon Israel, regathered from all nations (see "Israel," Isaiah 1:24-26 refs. into the old wilderness wanderings. Ezekiel 20:35. The issue of this judgment determines who of Israel in that day shall enter the land for kingdom blessing. ; Psalms 50:1-7; Ezekiel 20:33-44; Malachi 3:2-5; Malachi 4:1; Malachi 4:2 see other judgments, (See Scofield "Malachi 4:2- :") See Scofield "Malachi 4:2- :" (See Scofield "Malachi 4:2- :") See Scofield "Malachi... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-49

Chapter 20Now 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 evidently was their custom. We read earlier last week where the elders came to sit before Ezekiel to inquire of the Lord.And so the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel ( Ezekiel 20:2-3 ),Now the last time God said, you know, "Why should I be inquired of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 20:1-49

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 their calamities, and with their idols in their heart, as stated in Ezekiel 8:1. Ezekiel 20:12 ; Ezekiel 20:20 . I gave them my sabbaths. That holy day, though sanctified from the creation, had been almost lost in Egypt. It was restored by Moses as a sign of the covenant, in the encrease of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 20:25

Ezekiel 20:25I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live.The judgment of invincible ignoranceThese words have often formed the ground of infidel cavils, and therefore require perhaps to be explained; also they open up to us a very important subject, namely, that of our responsibility to God, not only for our actions, but for our opinions. There is a great tendency now to consider that moral guilt can hardly be incurred by a purely intellectual act.... read more

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