Bible Commentary

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 17. Cf. Eze 18:25; Eze 18:29. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges These impious, obstinate quarrellers will accuse and do condemn the just and holy God, that they may … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:17”

None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. 16. Cf. Eze 18:22. shall be mentioned ] Or, remembered against him, as Eze 33:13. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges As the threat against a righteous … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:16”

[If] the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 15. Instances of a return to righteousness on the part of the wicked, cf. Eze 18:7; Exo 22:1; Exo 22:4; Num 5:6-7. the statutes of life … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:15”

Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 14. Cf. Eze 3:18, Eze 18:27. that which is lawful ] Lit. as marg., (just) judgment and justice. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges See Eze 18:21. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:14”

When I shall say to the righteous, [that] he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. 13. Cf. Eze 3:20, Eze 18:24. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:13”

Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:12”

Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 11. Jehovah’s answer to the people’s despondency and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:11”

Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins [be] upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 10. If our transgressions ] Better, direct: our transgressions are upon us. The people had come to regard their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:10”

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. These three verses are the same with the 17th, 18th, 19th verses of the third chapter, where see them explained. Fuente: English … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:9”

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked [man], thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 8. thou shalt surely dieby aviolent death, the earnest of everlasting death; the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:8”