Ezekiel 20:5 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The children of Israel in Egypt were warned to abstain from the idolatry of the pagans. They lost sight of this purpose, yet God spared them and br…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

When I chose Israel. —In Ezekiel 20:5-9 the Lord takes up the first, or Egyptian period of the history of Israel. The rec…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

God confirms what I said before: that the Jews were not to be reproved for only recently beginning to sin. It was not enough to bring recent offens…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God Here begins the account of their fathers; of God's unmerited goodness to them,…

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