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Ezekiel 20:27

in Ezekiel 20

Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

KJV

Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

This verse in Ezekiel 20

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
The probation in the land of Canaan from their entry to the day of Ezekiel. Eze 20:27 Yet in this - It was an aggravation of their guilt that they defiled with idolatry the land given them for their glory. Eze 20:29 Bamah - The Hebrew word for “high place.” Another instance of the perversion of God’s laws. When the Israelites first entered Canaan they were to set up the “tabernacle” on a “high place,” and upon this and upon no other they were to worship Yahweh (1Sa 9:12 ff; 1Ki 3:4).

This site's exposition

your fathers have blasphemed me

on Ezekiel 20:27-29

The fathers blasphemed the Lord at every high hill and thick tree. The name thereof is called Bamah unto this day, a title that is the Hebrew word for high place. Gill reads the naming as mockery turned into monument, the site's very name preserving the sin it committed.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 27, 29 onwards) Therefore speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them: Thus says the Lord God: Moreover, your fathers have blasphemed against me and have treated me with contempt, even as they spurned me.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 were not worth regarding. God had made good his promise: I brought them into the land that I had sworn to give them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Yet in this--Not content with past rebellions, and not moved with gratitude for God's goodness, "yet in this," still further they rebelled. blasphemed--"have insulted me" [CALVIN]. Even those who did not sacrifice to heathen gods have offered "their sacrifices" (Eze 20:28) in forbidden places.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • דַּבֵּ֨רspeak

    daberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בֵּ֤ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בֶּן־O son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אָדָ֔םhumankind

    ʾadamH120 →551 times

  • וְאָמַרְתָּ֣and you will say

    veamartaH559 →5305 times

  • אֲלֵיהֶ֔םto them

    ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times

  • כֹּ֥הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֖רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • ע֗וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • זֹ֚אתthis

    zotH2063 →603 times

  • גִּדְּפ֤וּthey blasphemed

    gidefuH1442 →

  • אוֹתִי֙<obj.> me

    ʾotiH853 →10935 times

  • אֲב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םancestors your

    ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times

  • בְּמַעֲלָ֥םwhen acted unfaithfully they

    bemaalamH4603 →36 times

  • בִּ֖יagainst me

    bi

  • מָֽעַל׃unfaithfulness

    maalH4604 →28 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Romans 2:24

    As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 36:20–23

      And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

    • Isaiah 52:5

      And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

    • 2 Peter 2:2

      Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 2:7

    But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 2:5

      And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 23:28

      Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

    • Ezekiel 3:17

      “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 3:11

    Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 2:7

      But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 3:27

    But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 12:2–3

      “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.