Ezekiel 20:40
in Ezekiel 20For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
KJV
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
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This verse in Ezekiel 20
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
For--Though ye, the rebellious portion, withdraw from My worship, others, even the believing remnant, will succeed after you perish, and will serve Me purely. in mine holy mountain-- (Isa 2:2, 3).
This site's exposition
Go ye, serve ye every one his idols
on Ezekiel 20:39-42
The Lord tells Israel to go and serve their idols, but he adds the one condition that still stands, pollute my holy name no more. The turn comes at mine holy mountain, where all the house of Israel is promised full acceptance, offerings, firstfruits, and holy things once again received.
This site's exposition
My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel
Wesley notes that Zion stood lower than many hills yet above them all for the presence of God. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown set the verse beside Isaiah 2:2 and 3, where all nations stream to Zion. The whole house of Israel serves there.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Verse 40, 41.)
Admittedly the divine, because it is without a body, is untouchable and entirely intact, because the divine is beyond every creature, both visible and intelligible, and in nature it is incorporeal, immaculate, untouchable and incomprehensible. Since the only-begotten Word of God, having taken a body from the holy virgin, and, as I already said over and over again, having made it his own, offered himself in an odor of sweetness to God the Father as a spotless sacrifice, in this way it is asserted that he endured on our behalf what happened to his flesh. Everything that happened to flesh would rightly be attributed to him, sin alone excepted, for it is his own body. Accordingly, since God the Word became man, he remained impassible as God, but, because he necessarily made the things of his flesh his own, it is asserted that he endured what is according to flesh, although he is without experience of suffering in so far as he is thought of as God.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Of the height - Sion, tho' lower than many other hills, yet was above them all for God's peculiar presence. In the land - Their own land. Your offerings - When I have brought you into the land, then I will require your offerings as formerly: you shall see my temple built, Jerusalem filled with inhabitants, and my worship restored.
And it is therefore just that those who will not live and flourish as they might in their obedience should die and perish in their disobedience. Now the great instance of that generation's rebellion and inclination to idolatry was the iniquity of Peor, as that of their fathers was the golden calf.
What he does not require he will not accept, but what is done with a regard to his precepts he will be well pleased with. He will accept them with their sweet savour, or savour of rest (
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1 more voice on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God,....
The words behind it
27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְהַר־ | vehar- | on [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| קָדְשִׁ֞י | kodshi | holiness my | H6944 → | 469 times |
| בְּהַ֣ר׀ | behar | on [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| מְר֣וֹם | merom | [the] height of | H4791 → | 54 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| נְאֻם֙ | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| שָׁ֣ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יַעַבְדֻ֜נִי | yaavduni | they will serve me | H5647 → | 288 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בֵּ֧ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כֻּלֹּ֖ה | kuloh | all of it | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בָּאָ֑רֶץ | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שָׁ֣ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֶרְצֵ֔ם | ʾertzem | I will accept them | H7521 → | 56 times |
| וְשָׁ֞ם | vesham | and there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֶדְר֣וֹשׁ | ʾedroosh | I will seek | H1875 → | 164 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּרוּמֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם | terumoteikhem | contributions your | H8641 → | 76 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רֵאשִׁ֛ית | reshit | [the] choicest of | H7225 → | 51 times |
| מַשְׂאוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם | masoteikhem | gifts your | H4864 → | |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קָדְשֵׁיכֶֽם׃ | kadesheikhem | holy things your | H6944 → | 469 times |
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בְהַר־on [the] mountain of
vehar-H2022 →546 times
קָדְשִׁ֞יholiness my
kodshiH6944 →469 times
בְּהַ֣ר׀on [the] mountain of
beharH2022 →546 times
מְר֣וֹם[the] height of
meromH4791 →54 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
נְאֻם֙[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
שָׁ֣םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
יַעַבְדֻ֜נִיthey will serve me
yaavduniH5647 →288 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בֵּ֧ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כֻּלֹּ֖הall of it
kulohH3605 →5413 times
בָּאָ֑רֶץin the land
baaretzH776 →2504 times
שָׁ֣םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
אֶרְצֵ֔םI will accept them
ʾertzemH7521 →56 times
וְשָׁ֞םand there
veshamH8033 →834 times
אֶדְר֣וֹשׁI will seek
ʾedrooshH1875 →164 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תְּרוּמֹֽתֵיכֶ֗םcontributions your
terumoteikhemH8641 →76 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
רֵאשִׁ֛ית[the] choicest of
reshitH7225 →51 times
מַשְׂאוֹתֵיכֶ֖םgifts your
masoteikhemH4864 →
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
קָדְשֵׁיכֶֽם׃holy things your
kadesheikhemH6944 →469 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
1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:20–22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Ephesians 2:20–22
Through
Isaiah 56:7I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called…
it leads to
- Mark 11:17
Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of…
- Isaiah 2:2–3
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to…
- Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Mark 11:17
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Cyril of Alexandria, LETTER 50:11; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
