Ezekiel 20:30

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	אֱמֹ֣ר 'e.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
house	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
saith	אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִ֔ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
polluted	נִטְמְאִ֑ים nit.me.'Im	H2930	to be foul · verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural absolute
manner	הַבְּדֶ֥רֶךְ ha.be.De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · interrogative particle + preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
fathers	אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם 'a.vo.tei.Khem	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
whoredom	זֹנִֽים zo.Nim	H2181	to commit adultery (usually of the female · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
after	וְאַחֲרֵ֥י ve.'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural construct
abominations	שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם shi.ku.tzei.Hem	H8251	disgusting · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken…
Judges 2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods…
Jeremiah 7:26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Numbers 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Jeremiah 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Matthew 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:27-32

Here the prophet goes on with the story of their rebellions, for their further humiliation, and shows, I. That they had persisted in them after they were settled in the land of Canaan. Though God had so many times testified his displeasure against their wicked courses, "yet in this (that is, in the very same thing) your fathers have blasphemed me, continued to affront me, that they also have trespassed a trespass against me," Eze 20:27. Note, It is a great aggravation of sin when men will not take warning by the mischievous consequences of sin in those that have gone before them: this is blaspheming God; it is speaking reproachfully of his judgments, as if they were of no significancy and we…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 20:30

The interrogation implies a strong affirmation, as in Eze 20:4, "Are ye not polluted . . . ? Do ye not commit?" &c. Or, connecting this verse with Eze 20:31, "Are ye thus polluted . . . and yet (do ye expect that) I shall be inquired of by you?"

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 20:29

What is the high place - מה הבמה mah habbamah, "what is the high place?" What is it good for? Its being a high place shows it to be a place of idolatry. I called it במה bamah, to mark it with infamy; but ye continue to frequent it, even while it is called במה bamah, to the present day!

John Gill on Ezekiel 20:30

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God,.... To the elders, as before: are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? they were: and commit ye whoredoms after their abominations? spiritual adultery; that is, idolatry, in the same abominable manner? they did, as appears by what follows:

John Calvin on Ezekiel 20:30

Ezekiel 20:30 30. Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? 30. Propterea dic ad domum Israel, Sic dicit Dominator Iehovah, An in via patrum vestrorum vos polluti estis? et post idola ipsorum [284] vos scortamini? Now at length the Prophet openly attacks those by whom he was consulted. After showing that they sprang from impure fathers -- which was sufficiently manifest from their never ceasing to provoke God in every age from the very beginning to the end -- he turns their own language against them, and asks, whether they were polluted after the superstitions of their…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 30, 31.) Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Lord God says: You are defiling yourselves in the way of your fathers and indulging in their abominations; you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.' Imitate the vices of your fathers and walk in the same paths, so that similar sins may deserve a similar punishment, and you have advanced so far in wickedness that you offer your sons to demons by fire: and it is not enough for you to have done this once, but you continue to do the same up to the present. Not that the elders do these things in captivity, but that those who dwelt in Jerusalem and were threatened with captivity did not cease to do all these things. And when you are bound by such great sins, you seek my response? As I live, says the Lord God, I swear by myself that I will not answer you, and what follows:
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Dictionary and topics

Blasphemy · Punishment of — Punishment of
Jews, The · National character of: Fondness for traditionary customs — National character of: Fondness for traditionary customs

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 20:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:27-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 20:30

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 20:29

John Gill on Ezekiel 20:30

John Calvin on Ezekiel 20:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 20:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:27-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 20:30

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 20:29

John Gill on Ezekiel 20:30

John Calvin on Ezekiel 20:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 20:27-31

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 20:27-31

Rashi on Ezekiel 20:30