Berean Standard Bible
Ezekiel 11:20
20so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
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 to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations. 19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. 21But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.” 22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Read all of Ezekiel 11Ezekiel 11:20 word by word
לְמַ֙עַן֙ בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣י יֵלֵ֔כוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י יִשְׁמְר֖וּ וְעָשׂ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם וְהָיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֔ם וַאֲנִ֕י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
- so thatמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
- they may followהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- My statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
- keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- My ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
- and practice themעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- Then they will beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
Cross-references for Ezekiel 11:20
- Ezekiel 11:12Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
- Psalms 105:45that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
- Psalms 119:4You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
- 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- Ezekiel 14:11in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 36:28Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Jeremiah 11:4which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
- Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 30:22“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe 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 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our 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
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