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Ezekiel 20:1-49
The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 20:1-49
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:1-9Those hearts are wretchedly hardened which ask God leave to go on in sin, and that even when suffering for it; see 32. God is justly angry with those who are resolved to go on still in their trespasses. Cause the people…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Prophet Consulted by the Elders. (b. c. 592.)THE PROPHET CONSULTED BY THE ELDERS. (B. C. 592.) Here is, 1. The occasion of the message which we have in this chapter. That sermon which we had Ezekiel 18:1-32 was occasioned by their presumptuous reflections upon God…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 20:1-3The silent oracle. An embassy of elders is sent to Ezekiel to make an inquiry of the Lord through the prophet as to what is to be expected at a new juncture of national affairs, and Ezekiel is instructed to tell them th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 20:1-32Unacceptable prayer. The exact date is given as a voucher for truthfulness. The prophet committed to writing at once what had occurred. The people are yet divided by distance?봯art dwell in Judaea and tart in Chaldea. In…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 20:1A 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 prophecies of the intervening chapters had been wri…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 20:1-4On inquiring of the Lord. "And 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," etc. We here enter upon a new divisi…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 20:1-4A rejected application. It is evident that Ezekiel held a position of honour and of some kind of moral authority among his fellow captives. Although he was not given to prophesying smooth things, his countrymen still re…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 20:3As I live, saith the Lord God, etc. The inquirers are answered, but not as they expected. Instead of hearing of the "times and seasons" of the events that were in the near future, the prophet at once enters on his stern…Joseph S. Exell and contributors