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You Can't Resign from God
The Israelites believed exile meant they could finally abandon their unique identity and blend in with pagan nations. Commentators explain that God emphatically rejects this idea. He declares that His people cannot simply "opt-out" of their covenant relationship with Him, no matter how much they might desire to escape the hardships that come with it.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 20:32–44
18th Century
Theologian
God’s future dealings with His people:
- In judgment (Ezekiel 20:32–38);
- In mercy (Ezekiel 20:39–44).
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 20:32
19th Century
Bishop
As the heathen.—The desire to be “like the nations that are round about,” had long been a ruling ambition with the Israelites, as …
John Calvin
On Ezekiel 20:32–33
16th Century
Theologian
Now God reveals what was in the minds of those elders who, along with the rest of the captives, came to the Prophet to inquire. It was a feeling of…
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John Gill
On Ezekiel 20:32
17th Century
Pastor
And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all What they had contrived in their own breasts, and laid a plan of,…
Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 20:27–32
17th Century
Minister
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…