Ezekiel 20:25New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments wherein they should not live;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments by which they should not live;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I myself, indeed, suffered them [to walk in] statutes which were, not good,—And regulations, in which they could not live.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And I also, I have given to them statutes not good, And judgments by which they do not live.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Therefore I also gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments, in which they shall not live.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Wherefore I gaue them also statutes that were not good, and iudgements, wherein they should not liue.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Wherefore I gaue them also statutes that were not good, and iudgements whereby they should not liue.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Wherefore I gave them statutes that were not good and judgments whereby they could not live;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— So I gave them commandments [that were] not good, and ordinances in which they should not live.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; |
Wherefore I
x589 (0589) Complementאֲנִי'aniy{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
gave
5414 {5414} Primeנָתַןnathan{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application ( put, make, etc.).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
them also
x1571 (1571) Complementגַּםgam{gam}
By contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correlation both... and.
statutes
2706 {2706} Primeחֹקchoq{khoke}
From H2710; an enactment; hence an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage).
[ that were] not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
good,
2896 {2896} Primeטוֹבtowb{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural ( good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb ( well).
and judgments
4941 {4941} Primeמִשְׁפָּטmishpat{mish-pawt'}
From H8199; properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style.
whereby they should not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
live;
2421 {2421} Primeחָיַהchayah{khaw-yaw'}
A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885 |
Ezekiel 20:25
_ _ I gave them ... statutes ... not good — Since they would not follow My statutes that were good, “I gave them” their own (Ezekiel 20:18) and their fathers’ “which were not good”; statutes spiritually corrupting, and, finally, as the consequence, destroying them. Righteous retribution (Psalms 81:12; Hosea 8:11; Romans 1:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:11). Ezekiel 20:39 proves this view to be correct (compare Isaiah 63:17). Thus on the plains of Moab (Numbers 25:1-18), in chastisement for the secret unfaithfulness to God in their hearts, He permitted Baal’s worshippers to tempt them to idolatry (the ready success of the tempters, moreover, proving the inward unsoundness of the tempted); and this again ended necessarily in punitive judgments. |
Ezekiel 20:25
Wherefore — Because they rejected my good laws and judgments. I gave them — Not by enjoining, but by permitting them to make such for themselves. Not good — That were pernicious to the users. |
Ezekiel 20:25
Wherefore I gave (l) them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments by which they should not live;
(l) Because they would not obey my laws, I gave them up to themselves that they should obey their own fantasies, as in (Ezekiel 20:39; Romans 1:21, Romans 1:24). |
- I gave:
- The simple meaning of this place is, that when the Israelites had rebelled against God, despised his statutes, and polluted his sabbaths, in effect cast him off, and given themselves up wholly to their idols, then He, in a just judgment for their disobedience, abandoned them, "gave them up to a reprobate mind," (
Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
), and suffered them to walk after the idolatrous, cruel, and impious customs and ordinances of the heathen; by which they were ripened for the destruction which he intended to bring upon them, that they might learn to know God by his judgments, seeing they had despised his mercies. In the same sense God is said judicially to "send a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie," to those who "received not the love of the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
Ezekiel 20:26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] the LORD.
Ezekiel 20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter [also], if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
Ezekiel 14:9-11 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. ... That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
Deuteronomy 4:27-28 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. ... And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Deuteronomy 28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Psalms 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.
Isaiah 66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose [that] in which I delighted not.
Romans 1:21-28 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. ... And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, ... And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
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