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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 20:31
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For when ye offer your gifts, &c.] And sacrifices to idols. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, the firstfruits of your gifts; it may design their firstborn; (see <262026>Ezekiel 20:26) as the following clause seems to explain it: when ye make your sons to pass through the fire; or between two fires to Moloch, as their fathers had done before them; ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day; by worshipping idols, or dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as often observed; they defiled themselves with those filthy things, which they continued to do to that very day, and so became more and more polluted; and were as their fathers had been, and therefore must expect to be used in like manner: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? can you think that I will suffer you to come and inquire of me or to make your requests to me? or can you hope to have an answer from me; at least a favourable one, such as you could wish for? as I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you; so confirming again with an oath what he had before declared, (<262003>Ezekiel 20:3), wherefore they might assure themselves that they would not be acceptable to him, neither their persons nor petitions, or be regarded by him.
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