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Ezequiel 20:7

Listen to Ezequiel 20:7
7 A cada uno de ellos le ordené que arrojara sus ídolos detestables, con los que estaba obsesionado, y que no se contaminara con los ídolos de Egipto; porque yo soy el SEÑOR su Dios.

Ezequiel 20:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:7

Then I said unto them
Having promised and swore to do such great and good things for them; which must lay them under an obligation to regard what he should command them: promises and blessings of goodness are great incentives to duty, and lay under great obligation to it: cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes;
which should be so, meaning idols; but which his eyes were taken with, and were lifted up unto, as his gods; though they ought to have been rejected with the utmost abhorrence, as abominable: and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt;
their "dunghill gods", as the word F6 signifies; which to worship, as it was an abomination to God, was defiling to themselves; yet these they were fond of, and prone to worship them; their eyes and their hearts were after them; and they needed such cautions and instructions as these, backed with the following strong reason against such idolatry: I [am] the Lord your God;
their Creator and Benefactor, their covenant God; the only Lord God, and whom only they ought to serve and worship; to whom they were under ten thousand obligations; and who was infinitely above all the idols of Egypt.


FOOTNOTES:

F6 (ylwlgb) "stercoreis diis", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; "stercoribus", Piscator, Cocceius.
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Ezequiel 20:7 In-Context

5 Adviérteles que así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: “El día en que elegí a Israel, con la mano en alto le hice un juramento a la descendencia de Jacob. El día en que me di a conocer a ellos en Egipto, volví a hacerles este juramento: ‘Yo soy el SEÑOR su Dios’.
6 En aquel día, con la mano en alto les juré que los sacaría de Egipto y los llevaría a una tierra que yo mismo había explorado. Es una tierra donde abundan la leche y la miel, ¡la más hermosa de todas!
7 A cada uno de ellos le ordené que arrojara sus ídolos detestables, con los que estaba obsesionado, y que no se contaminara con los ídolos de Egipto; porque yo soy el SEÑOR su Dios.
8 »”Sin embargo, ellos se rebelaron contra mí, y me desobedecieron. No arrojaron los ídolos con que estaban obsesionados, ni abandonaron los ídolos de Egipto. Por eso, cuando estaban en Egipto, pensé agotar mi furor y descargar mi ira sobre ellos.
9 Pero decidí actuar en honor a mi nombre, para que no fuera profanado ante las naciones entre las cuales vivían los israelitas. Porque al sacar a los israelitas de Egipto yo me di a conocer a ellos en presencia de las naciones.
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