Ezequiel 20:40

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Porque no meu santo monte, no monte alto de Israel, diz o Senhor JEOV, ali me servir toda a casa de Israel, toda ela naquela terra; ali me deleitarei neles e ali demandarei as vossas ofertas aladas e as primcias das vossas ddivas, com todas as vossas coisas santas.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Porque no meu santo monte, no monte alto de Israel, diz o Senhor DEUS, ali me servir toda a casa de Israel, toda ela naquela terra; ali me deleitarei neles, e ali requererei as vossas ofertas aladas, e as primcias das vossas oblaes, com todas as vossas coisas santas;

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Porque no meu santo monte, no monte alto de Israel, diz o SENHOR Deus, ali toda a casa de Israel me servir, toda, naquela terra; ali me agradarei deles, ali requererei as vossas ofertas e as primcias das vossas ddivas, com todas as vossas coisas santas.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in mine: These predictions received a partial accomplishment by the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; but they seem chiefly to relate to the establishment of the Christian church, and more especially to the future conversion of the Jews, and their restoration to their own land. Ezekiel 17:23, Psalms 2:6, Psalms 68:15, Psalms 68:16, Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 66:20, Jeremiah 31:12, Joel 3:17, Joel 3:18, Obadiah 1:16, Micah 4:1, Micah 4:2, Hebrews 12:20-22, Revelation 21:10

there shall: Ezekiel 37:22-28, Isaiah 56:7, Isaiah 60:7, Isaiah 66:23, Zechariah 8:20-23, Malachi 1:11, Malachi 3:4, Revelation 12:1, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 2:5

firstfruits: or, chief

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:29 - shalt not delay Leviticus 1:3 - at the Leviticus 17:4 - bringeth Deuteronomy 12:6 - your burnt Deuteronomy 26:2 - That thou shalt Deuteronomy 33:11 - accept 2 Samuel 24:23 - The Lord Song of Solomon 7:12 - there will I give thee Isaiah 30:19 - dwell Isaiah 57:13 - my holy Ezekiel 17:22 - upon Ezekiel 28:14 - upon Ezekiel 34:26 - my hill Ezekiel 39:25 - the whole Ezekiel 43:27 - I will accept

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God,.... Alluding to Mount Zion, or Moriah, on which the temple was built, on the highest part of the land of Israel, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; here the Gospel church is meant, comparable to a "mountain" for its firmness and durableness; said to be a "holy" one, because consisting of holy persons, performing holy worship to a holy God; and represented as "high", being established, as it will be in the latter day, upon the top of the mountains, and be very visible and glorious:

there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: when all Israel shall be saved, or converted; and, the rebels and transgressors being purged away from them, they shall join themselves to the Gospel church, and in it serve the Lord, according to the rules of the Gospel, and the ordinances of it; even all of them that shall enter into their own land and dwell in it; the rest being not admitted to it:

there will I accept them; their persons, and their sacrifices of prayer and praise, being offered up, in the name and faith of Christ, that altar which sanctities every gift; see Isaiah 56:7:

and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things; meaning the offering up of their persons: bodies, and souls, as a living, holy, and acceptable sacrifice, which he would require of them as their reasonable service; together with all holy duties of prayer, praise, and beneficence; sacrifices with which God is well pleased through Christ and his sacrifice; and which are the only sacrifices he now requires under the Gospel dispensation; for ceremonial ones he does not require, seek after, enjoin, or accept; these are done away and made void by the sacrifice of his son; only it may be observed, as in other places and prophecies of Gospel times, that New Testament worship is expressed by the phrases, forms, and usages suited to the Old Testament; see

Psalms 40:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God’s future dealings with His people:

(1) in judgment Ezekiel 20:32-38;

(2) in mercy Ezekiel 20:39-44.

Ezekiel 20:32

The inquirers had thought that if Jerusalem were taken, and the whole people became sojourners in a foreign land, they would cease to be a separate nation. In their love for idolatry some may have even desired this. But more probably they thought that this very consequence precluded the possibility of such a catastrophe. God answers that He will not allow them to become as the pagan, but this will only subject them to severer trial and stricter rule.

Ezekiel 20:33

The expressions “a mighty hand, stretched out arm” carry back the thoughts to Egyptian bondage Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 5:15; but then it was for deliverance, now for judgment “with fury poured out.”

Ezekiel 20:35

The wilderness of the people - A time of probation will follow, as before in the wilderness of Sin, so in the “wilderness of the nations” among whom they will sojourn (not the Babylonians) “after” that captivity. This period of their probation is not over. The dispersion of the Jews did not cease with the return under Zerubbabel; but in our Saviour’s time they were living as a distinct people in all the principal places in the civilized world; and so they live now. God is yet pleading with them “face to face,” calling them personally to embrace those offers which as a nation they disregarded.

Ezekiel 20:37

To pass under the rod - i. e., to be gathered into the flock Micah 7:14.

The bond - The shepherd collects the flock, and separates the sheep from the goats, which are rejected. Compare Romans 11:7-11.

Ezekiel 20:39

Strong irony. Some prefer another rendering: “Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, yet hereafter ye shall surely hearken unto me, and shall no more pollute My Holy Name etc.” In this way, this verse is introductory to what follows.

Ezekiel 20:40

This points to the consummation indicated by the vision of the temple.

In the mountain of the height - Or, Upon a very high mountain Ezekiel 40:2. Compare Isaiah 2:2-3.

The house of Israel, all of them - All the separation between Israel and Judah shall cease. This points to times yet future, when in Messiah’s kingdom Jews and Gentiles alike shall be gathered into one kingdom - the kingdom of Christ. Jerusalem is the Church of Christ Galatians 4:26, into which the children of Israel shall at last be gathered, and so the prophecy shall be fulfilled Revelation 21:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 20:40. For in mine holy mountain — The days shall come in which all true ISRAELITES shall receive HIM whom I have sent to be the true sacrifice for the life of the world; and shall bring to Jerusalem - the pure Christian Church, their offerings, which I will there accept, for they will give me thanks for my unspeakable gift.