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because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers` idols.
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Rebellion in Specifics
Commentators explain that Israel's rebellion involved specific, significant failures. They rejected God's laws, profaned the Sabbath—which was a special sign of their covenant with God—and, as John Gill notes, their "eyes were after their fathers' idols." These were not minor infractions but a comprehensive rejection of their relationship with God.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children.
16th Century
Protestant
I join these four verses together because they have already been explained, and I do not wish to burden you with useless repetitions.
In sho…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Because they had not executed my judgments Had not done that which was right and just, as the Lord commanded them:
