Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 11:20
20so that they will follow my statutes, keep my ordinances, and practice them. 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
18“When they arrive there, they will remove all its abhorrent acts and detestable practices from it. 19I will give them integrity of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh, so that they will follow my statutes, keep my ordinances, and practice them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. 21But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for abhorrent acts and detestable practices, I will bring their conduct down on their own heads.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. 22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, lifted 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
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 11:12so you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.’”
- Psalms 105:45All this happened so that they might keep his statutes and obey his instructions. Hallelujah!
- Psalms 119:4You have commanded that your precepts be diligently kept.
- Luke 1:6Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.
- Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles —
- 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
- Ezekiel 14:11in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from following me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be my people and I will be their God. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’”
- Ezekiel 36:28You will live in the land that I gave your ancestors; 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 ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace.” I declared, “Obey me, and do everything that 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 because they will return to me with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 30:22You will be my people, and I will be your God.
- Jeremiah 31:33“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days” — the Lord’s declaration. “I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. 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 in the land for myself, and I will have compassion on Lo-ruhamah; I will say to Lo-ammi: You are my people, and he will say, “You are my God.”
- Zechariah 13:9I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. 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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