"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;"
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Verse Ezekiel 20:5. _I CHOSE ISRAEL_] They did not choose _me_ for
_their God_, till I had chosen _them_ to be _my people_.
_I LIFTED UP MINE HAND_] I bound myself In a covenant to them to
continue t...
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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.
Ezekiel 2...
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CHAPTER S 20-24
Further and Final Predictions Concerning the judgment of Jerusalem
_ 1. Jehovah rehearses His mercies bestowed upon Israel (Ezekiel 20:1)
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2. The impending judgment announced (Ezek...
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EZEKIEL 20. THE WICKED PAST AND THE BLESSED FUTURE.
Ezekiel 20:1. 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 8:...
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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". Compare verse...
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_when I chose Israel_ The choice or election of Israel is referred to
only here in Ez., and also once in Jeremiah 33:24. The idea is much
insisted on in Isaiah 40-66. Already, however, Deuteronomy 7:6...
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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 the...
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B. Israel in Egypt 20:5-9
TRANSLATION
(5) Say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD: 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 them...
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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...
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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 their...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 20
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God is patient. He gives people every opportunity to...
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WHEN I CHOSE ISRAEL. — In Ezekiel 20:5 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 contain
ei...
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וְ אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה ־אָמַר֮
אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ בְּ יֹום֙ בָּחֳרִ֣י
בְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וָ אֶשָּׂ֣א...
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JEHOVAH'S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL
Ezekiel 20:1
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
spiritual...
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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...
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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 lifted...
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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...
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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 begin with...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21.
Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions,
continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that
the general div...
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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 with t...
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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 li...
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_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 on
Gen...
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IN THE EARLY DAYS...
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LIFTED UP:
Or, sware, and so verse 6, etc....
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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
in...
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Ezekiel 20:5 Say H559 (H8804) says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069
day H3117 chose H977 (H8800) Israel H3478 raised H5375 (H8799) hand
H3027 descendants H2233 house H1004 Jacob H3290 known H3045 (H87...
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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 them...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah vindicated in the chastising of Israel. Israel's
future judgment. Parable of the forest of the south field.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: God takes it as an affront when th...
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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
the...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 20:1 This lengthy oracle has two main parts:
a review of Israel’s history of offending the Lord (vv. Ezekiel
20:1), and a preview of her future restoration (vv. Ezekiel 20:33)....
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(Ezekiel 20:5.)
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 Lord b...
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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 which the prophec...
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Now 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 e...
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Deuteronomy 11:2; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 32:40; Deuteronomy
4:34; Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 7:6; Exodus 19:4; Exodus 20:2;
Exodus 20:3;...
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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 Maker....