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Ezekiel 20:1 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 20 · verse 1
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.Ezekiel 20:1 · King James Version
Ezekiel 20:1 in context
1And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
2Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
3Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- seventhshᵉbîyʻîyseventhH7637 →
- certainʼĕnôwsha man in generalH582 →
- enquiredârashproperly, to tread or frequentH1875 →
- elderszâqênoldH2205 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- fifthchămîyshîyfifthH2549 →
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Here is, 1. The occasion of the message which we have in this chapter. That sermon which we had ch. 18 was occasioned by their presumptuous reflections upon God; this was occasioned by their hypocritical enquiries after him. Each shall have his own.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4