Eze 20:7-10 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 7 Cast ye away - the abominations - Put away all your idols; those incentives to idolatry that ye have looked on with delight.

‏ Ezekiel 20:7-10

Verse 7

Cast ye away - the abominations - Put away all your idols; those incentives to idolatry that ye have looked on with delight. Verse 8

They did not - cast away - They continued attached to the idolatry of Egypt; so that, had I consulted my justice only, I should have consumed them even in Egypt itself. This is a circumstance that Moses has not mentioned, namely, their provoking God by their idolatry, after he had sent Moses and Aaron to them in Egypt. Verse 9

But I wrought for my name's sake - I bare with them and did not punish them, lest the heathen, who had known my promises made to them, might suppose that I had either broken them through some caprice, or was not able to fulfill them. Verse 10

I caused them to go forth - Though greatly oppressed and degraded, they were not willing to leave their house of bondage. I was obliged to force them away.