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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1 - 20:1
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Eze 20:1-49. Rejection of the elders’ application to the prophet: exposure of Israel’s protracted rebellions, notwithstanding God’s long-suffering goodness: yet will God restore his people at last.
seventh year, etc. - namely, from the carrying away of Jeconiah (Eze 1:2; Eze 8:1). This computation was calculated to make them cherish the more ardently the hope of the restoration promised them in seventy years; for, when prospects are hopeless, years are not computed [Calvin].
elders ... came to inquire - The object of their inquiry, as in Eze 14:1, is not stated; probably it was to ascertain the cause of the national calamities and the time of their termination, as their false prophets assured them of a speedy restoration.