for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hill and under every green tree they saw! They roused my fury as they offered up sacrifices to their gods. They brought their perfumes and incense and poured out their liquid offerings to them.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The probation in the land of Canaan, from their entry to the day of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 20:27).

Yet in this—it was an aggrav…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He now addresses the wickedness of the people, through which God was provoked after they had taken possession of the land of Canaan, because they d…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[For] when I had brought them into the land
Brought them out of Egypt through the wilderness into the land of Canaan…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Jews persisted in rebellion after they settled in the land of Canaan. And these elders seem to have thought of uniting with the heathen. We gai…