Ezekiel 20:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bonde of the covenant: ”

Ezekiel 20:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God’s future dealings with His people: (1) in judgment Ezekiel 20:32-38 ; (2) in mercy Ezekiel 20:39-44 . Ezekiel 20:32 The inquirers had thought that if Jerusalem were taken, and the...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Restoration of the Future. But after all, Yahweh has chosen Israel ( Ezekiel 20:5 ) for a purpose, and that purpose must not be frustrated; and despite the sin and darkness of the present, Ezek...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pass under the rod. This was the manner of counting the sheep, which were numbered as they passed under the shepherd's club: implying here that none should be lost ( Amos 9:9 ), and that the rest...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He follows up the same kind of instruction, that the people were not permitted to perish because they belonged to him, as if he had said that they should be always his, whether they liked it or...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1108 CONVERSION, IN ITS COMMENCEMENT AND PROGRESS Ezekiel 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 t...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: I will cause you to pass under the rod - This alludes to the custom of tithing the sheep. I take it fro...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And that which cometh into your mind— By all this it appears, that this rebellious people were not anxious to avoid their approaching captivity, denounced and threatened by all the prophets. What t...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: I will cause you to pass under the rod - metaphor from a shepherd who makes his sheep pass under...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To pass under the rod. — A figure taken from the shepherd’s way of counting and examining his flock. (Comp. Leviticus 27:32 ; Jeremiah 33:13 ; Micah 7:14 .) By this the people were to be brought...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JEHOVAH'S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL Ezekiel 20:1-49 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 s...
Ezekiel 20:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord is still expostulating with His people for their transgressions; and the Lord shows the folly, as well as the sin, of Israel in going to those high places for sacrifice, for what could any o...
Ezekiel 20:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will cause you to pass under the rod ,.... That is, such whom God will not take vengeance on, and shall not die in the wilderness of the people; but whom he will have mercy on, and show favour...
Ezekiel 20:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: Ver. 37. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covena...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will cause you to pass under the rod Of punishment. I will bring you under the chastisement due to you for breaking my covenant. Or there may be an allusion to the custom of numbering flocks and...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of Israel. B. C. 592. 33 As I live, saith the Lord G OD , surely with a mig...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will bring you out by number, yet so as you shall either by a voluntary submission own my sceptre and government, or by a conquered subjection yield to my sword and power. Under the rod; either r...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

( Ezekiel 20:30-38 .) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet addresses the men of his day, showing that they are equally guilty with their fathers. They are to receive just retribution, and to be purified am...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

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...
Ezekiel 20:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ezekiel 20:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. The bond of the covenant This striking utterance was given forth by Ezekiel when Israel, scattered in every country, had begun to forget their na...
Ezekiel 20:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 whi...
Ezekiel 20:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's Behavior In Canaan And The Lord's Sentence
Ezekiel 20:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 3:2 ; Ezekiel 16:59 ; Ezekiel 16:60 ; Ezekiel 34:17 ; Jeremiah 33:13 ; Leviticus 26:25 ; Leviticus 27:32 ; Matthew 25:32 ; Matthew 25:33 ; Psalms 89:30-32
Ezekiel 20:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I will cause — I will bring you out by number, so that you shall either own my scepter, or by a conquered subjection, yield to my sword and power. Under the rod — Referring to the manner of shepher...

Ezekiel 20:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 20:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ezekiel 20:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 20:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 20:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 20:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 20:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 20:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 20:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 20:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ezekiel 20:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 20:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 20:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 20:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 20:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 20:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes