Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, 1. The occasion of the message which we have in this chapter. That sermon which we had ch. 18 was occasioned by their presumptuous reflections upon God; this was occasioned by their hypocritical enquiries after him. Each shall have his own. This prophecy is exactly dated, in the seventh year of the captivity, about two years after Ezekiel began to prophesy.

Commenting on Ezekiel 20:1-4

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Then came the word of the Lord unto me,.... While the elders were sitting before him, by an impulse upon his mind, dictating things unto him: saying: as follows:

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

Eze 20:1-4 The date given in Eze 20:1 applies not only to Ezekiel 20, but also to Ezekiel 20-23 (compare Eze 24:1); the prophetic utterances in these four chapters being bound together into a group of connected words of God, both by their contents and by the threefold repetition of the expression, “wilt thou judge?” (vid., Eze 20:4; Eze 22:2, and Eze 23:36).

Commenting on Ezekiel 20:1-4