Ezekiel 11:20

Ezekiel 11:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

Context of Ezekiel 11:20

18When they return there, they will remove from it all [traces of] its detestable things and all its repulsive things (remnants of paganism). 19And I will give them one heart [a new heart], and put a new spirit within them. I will take from them the heart of stone, and will give them a heart of flesh [that is responsive to My touch], that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. 21But as for those whose heart longs for and follows after their detestable things and their repulsive things [associated with idolatry], on their own head I will repay [them in full for] their [vile] conduct,” says the Lord God. 22Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the [Shekinah] glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

Ezekiel 11:20 word by word

לְמַ֙עַן֙ בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣י יֵלֵ֔כוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י יִשְׁמְר֖וּ וְעָשׂ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם וְהָיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֔ם וַאֲנִ֕י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That they may walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• in my statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• and keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• mine ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• and doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• them: and they shall be my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and I will be their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Ezekiel 11:20

• Ezekiel 11:12And you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but you have acted in accordance with the ordinances of the nations around you.” ’ ”
• Psalms 105:45So that they might observe His precepts And keep His laws [obediently accepting and honoring and valuing them]. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
• Psalms 119:4You have ordained Your precepts, That we should follow them with [careful] diligence.
• Luke 1:6They both were righteous (approved) in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
• Romans 16:26but now has been disclosed and through the prophetic Scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the commandment of the eternal God, leading them to obedience to the faith,
• 1 Corinthians 11:2I praise and appreciate you because you remember me in everything and you firmly hold to the traditions [the substance of my instructions], just as I have passed them on to you.
• Ezekiel 14:11so that the house of Israel may no longer drift away from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions, but they will be My people, and I will be their God,” ’ says the Lord God.”
• Ezekiel 36:28You will live in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you will be My people, and I will be your God.
• Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
• Jeremiah 11:4which I commanded your fathers at the time that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Listen to My voice and do according to all that I command you. So you shall be My people, and I will be your God,’
• Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know Me, [understanding fully] that I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.
• Jeremiah 30:22‘Then you shall be My people, And I will be your God.’ ”
• Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
• Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God;
• Hosea 2:23I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people,’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
• Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will listen and answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 11:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20That 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 them; and their holy conduct shall show that they are my people. See on Ezekiel 36:25; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-21Verses 19-21 Compare Ezekiel 11:19 One heart - So long as the Israelites were distracted by the service of many gods, such unity was impossible; but now, when they shall have taken away the “abominations” from the land, they shall be united in heart to serve the true God. Stony heart … heart of flesh - The heart unnaturally hardened, and the heart reawakened to feelings proper to man.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The pious captives in Babylon were insulted by the Jews who continued in Jerusalem; but God made gracious promises to them. It is promised, that God will give them one heart; a heart firmly fixed for God, and not wavering. All who are made holy have a new spirit, a new temper and dispositions; they act from new principles, walk by new rules, and aim at new ends. A new name, or a new face, will not serve without a new spirit. If any man be in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20Their transformed hearts and spirits would allow the Lord's people to follow his rules. This would achieve the covenant's goal: people living with God among them. The new heart and spirit promised to God's people have become real (Hebrews 8:8–13). Through the Spirit's outpouring at Pentecost, God's people have become a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. walk in my statutes--Regeneration shows itself by its fruits (Ga 5:22, 25). they ... my people, ... I ... their God--(Eze 14:11; 36:28; 37:27; Jr 24:7). In its fullest sense still future (Zec 13:9).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings