Ezekiel 20:43
in Ezekiel 20There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have polluted yourselves; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
KJV
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
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This verse in Ezekiel 20
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd there shall ye remember your ways - Ye shall be ashamed of your past conduct, and of your long opposition to the Gospel of your salvation. These promises may, in a certain limited sense, be applied to the restoration from the Babylonish captivity; but they must have their proper fulfillment when the Jews shall accept Jesus as their Savior, and in consequence be brought back from all their dispersions to their own land.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
We are thus taught by the words of the Lord himself: everything is granted to us by God, and that the whole of our salvation is to be ascribed not to the merit of our own works but to heavenly grace.
(Verse 43, 44.) And you shall remember ((Vulgate: interserit ibi)) your ways, and all your sins, with which you have defiled yourselves in them: and you shall be displeased with yourselves in your own sight for all the evils that you have done, and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have done good to you for the sake of my name: not according to your evil ways, and your wicked deeds, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
There you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight. Note, Ingenuous evangelical repentance makes people loathe themselves for their sins, as Job xlii. (5.) He will give them the knowledge of himself: They shall know by experience that he is the Lord, that he is a God of almighty power and inexhaustible goodness, kind to his people and faithful to his covenant with them.
And there ye shall remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
there--not merely in exile when suffering punishment which makes even reprobates sorry for sin, but when received into favor in your own land. remember-- (Eze 16:61, 63). The humiliation of Judah (Ne 9:1-38) is a type of the future penitence of the whole nation (Ho 5:15; God's goodness realized by the sinner is the only thing that leads to true repentance (Ho 3:5;
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The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּזְכַרְתֶּם־ | uzekhartem- | and you will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| שָׁ֗ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דַּרְכֵיכֶם֙ | darkheikhem | ways your | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲלִיל֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם | aliloteikhem | practices your | H5949 → | 24 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִטְמֵאתֶ֖ם | nitmetem | you have made yourselves unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| בָּ֑ם | bam | by them | ||
| וּנְקֹֽטֹתֶם֙ | unekototem | and you will loathe | H6962 → | 6 times |
| בִּפְנֵיכֶ֔ם | bifneikhem | <in> faces your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| רָעוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם | raoteikhem | wicked deeds your | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃ | ʾasitem | you have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וּזְכַרְתֶּם־and you will remember
uzekhartem-H2142 →230 times
שָׁ֗םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דַּרְכֵיכֶם֙ways your
darkheikhemH1870 →707 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עֲלִיל֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םpractices your
aliloteikhemH5949 →24 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִטְמֵאתֶ֖םyou have made yourselves unclean
nitmetemH2930 →162 times
בָּ֑םby them
bam
וּנְקֹֽטֹתֶם֙and you will loathe
unekototemH6962 →6 times
בִּפְנֵיכֶ֔ם<in> faces your
bifneikhemH6440 →2123 times
בְּכָל־for all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
רָעוֹתֵיכֶ֖םwicked deeds your
raoteikhemH7451 →662 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃you have done
ʾasitemH6213 →2628 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 6:9Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that…
it leads to
- Job 42:6
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 7:13
Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
- Isaiah 43:24
You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
- Psalms 78:40
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
- Job 42:6
Through
Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 26:16
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Jeremiah 29:12–14
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Deuteronomy 4:29–31
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Isaiah 26:16
Through
Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 6:9
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that…
- Ezekiel 6:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Cassian, CONFERENCE 13:18; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.