The Prophet is exact to state the time of those elders coming to him; perhaps it was the Sabbath day; and though ordinances were lost in Babylon, yet, no doubt, some kept a remembrance of the Lord's day. Reader it is blessed to any precious souls who are remote from means of grace still to keep up a Sabbath in the mind. It should seem, however, from what the Lord saith concerning these elders, that they did not reverence the Sabbath, for the Lord refused to be enquired of by them.
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Ezekiel 20:1-3
1 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 enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.