Ezekiel 20:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifteda up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; ”

Ezekiel 20:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children of Israel in Egypt were warned to abstain from the idolatry of the pagan. This purpose they lost sight of, yet God spared them and brought them into another state of probation. Ezek...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and (c) lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifte...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20. The Wicked Past and the Blessed Future. Ezekiel 20:1-32 . 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 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

when. chose Israel, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 6:7 ; Exodus 20:2 . Deuteronomy 7:6 ; Deuteronomy 7:6 ). App-92. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for "I sware"...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God confirms what I said before, that the Jews were not to be reproved for beginning lately to sin: it was not sufficient to bring recent offenses before them; but God orders the Prophet to beg...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I l...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When I lifted up mine hand— Lifting up the hand, was a ceremony used in taking an oath: the meaning here is, "When I entered into a solemn covenant with them, pursuant to the oath I had sworn to...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when...
Ezekiel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When I chose Israel. — In Ezekiel 20:5-9 the Lord takes up the first, or Egyptian period of the history* of Israel. The record of that period, as it has come to us in the Pentateuch, does not con...
Ezekiel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God ,.... Here begins the account of their fathers; of God's unmerited goodness to them, and of their sins and transgressions against him, and how it fared wit...
Ezekiel 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I l...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the day when I chose Israel When I entered into a solemn covenant. And lifted up my hand , &c. That is, sware unto them, this being a gesture used in swearing: see the margin, and notes o...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Gracious Dealings with Israel. B. C. 592. 5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lo...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the day; at the time, the season; it speaks not of that precise portion of hours which make up the natural day, but of the time wherein God began to show them his great mercy. When I chose ; it...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Dealings with Them in Egypt. “And say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to th...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

( Ezekiel 20:5-9 .) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The election of Israel in Egypt, where God made Himself known to them by wonders and signs, and promised to become their God. Israel’s ingratitude, though the L...
Ezekiel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Early Days
Ezekiel 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 11:2-7 ; Deuteronomy 14:2 ; Deuteronomy 32:40 ; Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Deuteronomy 4:37 ; Deuteronomy 7:6 ; Exodus 19:4-6 ; Exodus 20:2 ; Exodus 20:3 ; Exodus 3:16 ; Exodus 3:6 ;...
Ezekiel 20:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

When I chose — When I shewed that I had chosen them. The history of the rebellions of the children of Israel, begins as early, as their beginning. So does the history of man's apostasy from his Mak...

Ezekiel 20:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 20:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 20:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 20:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 20:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 20:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes