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Ezekiel 11:20

Ezekiel 11:20
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

That they may walk in my statutes,.... Have their conversation ordered according to the will and word of God; to which there is neither will nor power, till God gives a new heart and spirit, or works…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ezekiel 11:19-21

Compare Rev. 21. The identity of thought and language in Ezekiel, predicting the new kingdom of Israel, and in John, foretelling the kingdom of heaven, forces upon us the conclusion that the prophecy…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

That they may walk in my statutes - The holiness of their lives shall prove the work of God upon their hearts. Then it shall appear that I am their God, because I have done such things in them and for…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 11:14-21

Prophecy was designed to exalt every valley as well as to bring low every mountain and hill (Isa 40:4), and prophets were to speak not only conviction to the presumptuous and secure, but comfort to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

shall be my people Then shall the covenant between the Lord and Israel be fully realized, for this is the idea of the covenant, that he should be their God and they his people, ch. Eze 36:28; Eze…