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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 18:6 - 18:6
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not eaten upon ... mountains - the high places, where altars were reared. A double sin: sacrificing elsewhere than at the temple, where only God sanctioned sacrifice (Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14); and this to idols instead of to Jehovah. “Eaten” refers to the feasts which were connected with the sacrifices (see Exo 32:6; Deu 32:38; Jdg 9:27; 1Co 8:4, 1Co 8:10; 1Co 10:7).
lifted ... eyes to - namely, in adoration (Psa 121:1). The superstitious are compared to harlots; their eyes go eagerly after spiritual lusts. The righteous man not merely refrains from the act, but from the glance of spiritual lust (Job 31:1; Mat 5:28).
idols of ... Israel - not merely those of the Gentiles, but even those of Israel. The fashions of his countrymen could not lead him astray.
defiled ... neighbour’s wife - Not only does he shrink from spiritual, but also from carnal, adultery (compare 1Co 6:18).
neither ... menstruous woman - Leprosy and elephantiasis were said to be the fruit of such a connection [Jerome]. Chastity is to be observed even towards one’s own wife (Lev 18:19; Lev 20:18).