Ezekiel 11:18
in Ezekiel 11When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
KJV
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
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This verse in Ezekiel 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAnd when you have entered, you shall remove all idols, because of which you have offended God, and I will give you a unified heart of fear and servitude to God, so that you may not serve diverse idols, or any other than what you had before. And I will give a new spirit in your midst, according to what is written: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me (Psalm 51:12).
This site's exposition
I will gather you from the peoples
on Ezekiel 11:17-20
The promise follows, and the exiles “will remove all its detestable things.” God will “give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them,” the promise chapter 36 repeats. It closes on the covenant formula: “Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.”
This site's exposition
they will remove all its detestable things
When the exiles return, they will clear the land of its detestable things and abominations. Matthew Henry notes that a return to good times is a mercy only when it leaves the old sins behind. The next verse tells where the new heart comes from.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 17 and following) Therefore, speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. And they shall go there and remove all offenses and all abominations from it. And I will give them one heart (or I will give them a new heart) and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, so that they may walk in my statutes and keep my ordinances and do them; then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.' But as for those whose heart follows their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads," declares the Lord God. This is a divine message to those who were captive in the land of Babylon, to the brothers of the prophet Ezekiel, and to the near ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem (or Israel) said: 'You have gone far from the Lord, the land has been given to us as a possession.' But these are the words that follow: 'I will gather you from the peoples and give you the land of Israel.' And when you have entered, you shall remove all idols, because of which you have offended God, and I will give you a unified heart of fear and servitude to God, so that you may not serve diverse idols, or any other than what you had before. And I will give a new spirit in your midst, according to what is written: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me (Psalm 51:12). And I will remove from you a heart of stone, that is, a hard heart, according to what Stephen, the first martyr in Christ, spoke: Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart (Acts 7:51). And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the people of Israel go (Exod. VII). […]
The Medieval Church1 voice
Truly great and mighty is the power of God's word. For the word of God has changed the "offspring of vipers" into children of God. So let us constantly sow it within the hard soil of our heart, waiting for [the word] to soften [our …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And they shall come thither,....
Note, Then it is in mercy that we return to a prosperous estate, when we return not to the sins and follies of that state. What have I to do any more with idols?
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But still the Shekinah glory had departed, the ark was not restored, nor was the second temple strictly inhabited by God until He came who made it more glorious than the first temple (Hag 2:9); even then His stay was short, and ended in His being rejected; so that the full realization of the promise must still be future.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָ֖אוּ־ | uvau- | and they will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| שָׁ֑מָּה | shamah | there towards | H8033 → | 834 times |
| וְהֵסִ֜ירוּ | vehesiru | and they will remove | H5493 → | 299 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יהָ | shikutzeiha | detestable things its | H8251 → | 28 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶ֖יהָ | toavoteiha | abominations its | H8441 → | 117 times |
| מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ | mimenah | from it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
וּבָ֖אוּ־and they will come
uvau-H935 →2568 times
שָׁ֑מָּהthere towards
shamahH8033 →834 times
וְהֵסִ֜ירוּand they will remove
vehesiruH5493 →299 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יהָdetestable things its
shikutzeihaH8251 →28 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶ֖יהָabominations its
toavoteihaH8441 →117 times
מִמֶּֽנָּה׃from it
mimenahH4480 →1188 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse…
it leads to
- Revelation 21:3–4
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will…
- Ezekiel 36:28–29
Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Ephesians 5:26–27
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Zechariah 13:1–2
“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
- Revelation 21:3–4
Through
Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 7:20
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
- Ezekiel 7:20
Through
Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 24:21
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of…
- Jeremiah 7:30
For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- Ezekiel 24:21
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 3:11.17-21; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sahdona the Syrian, BOOK OF PERFECTION 53-54.