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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:11

God's desire for the world's salvation. This is a Divine oath. God swears by his own life (see Hebrews 6:13 ). This shows how certain are the words spoken, how earnestly God desires men to accept them, and how difficult it is for men to believe them. I. MEN HAVE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED . Doctrines of reprobation were once popular. People thought that God destined the greater part of mankind... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:10-11

Ezekiel 33:10-11. If our transgressions be upon us, &c. If the unpardoned guilt of our sins lie upon us, and we be punished for them in the wasting of our country, the burning of our city, the abolishing the public worship of God, &c.; and we pine away in them Experience their bitter consequences in famine and disease, and in a variety of other calamities; how shall we live? How then can the promises of life belong to us? How can such assurances be true as were given us Eze... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-20

33:1-39:29 RETURN TO THE LANDA new phase in Ezekiel’s work (33:1-20)Up till now Ezekiel’s messages have been concerned mainly with God’s judgment - first his judgment on Jerusalem, then his judgment on other nations. Now that Jerusalem has fallen (see v. 21), the prophet concentrates more on the task of building up the exiles. He wants them to be a new people who will be ready to repossess the land when God’s time comes. This, however, is going to involve some stern warnings. Ezekiel is... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 33:10

transgressions. Hebrew. pasha . App-44 . sins . Hebrew. chata . App-44 . pine away, &c. Ref: to Pentateuch. See notes on Ezekiel 4:12 with Ezekiel 24:23 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 33:11

As H live, he. Figure of speech Delete. App-6 . saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle, See note on Ezekiel 2:4 . turn ye. Note the Figure of speech Epizeuxis . App-6 . evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44 . why will ye die . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis . App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 33:10

"And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live? Say unto them, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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? And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 33:10

Ezekiel 33:10. If our transgressions, &c.— Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can it be possible that we should live? These are supposed to be the words of impious persons, who, pretending to despair of God's mercies, take encouragement thence to continue in their sins. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 33:10

10. be upon us—that is, their guilt remain on us. pine away in them—if we suffer the penalty threatened for them in :-, according to the law ( :-). how should we . . . live?—as Thou dost promise in Ezekiel 33:5 (compare Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 49:14). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 33:11

11. To meet the Jews' cry of despair in Ezekiel 33:10, Ezekiel here cheers them by the assurance that God has no pleasure in their death, but that they should repent and live (Ezekiel 33:10- :). A yearning tenderness manifests itself here, notwithstanding all their past sins; yet with it a holiness that abates nothing of its demands for the honor of God's authority. God's righteousness is vindicated as in Ezekiel 3:18-21; Ezekiel 18:1-32, by the statement that each should be treated with the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 33:1-20

A. A warning to the exiles 33:1-20Since this message is undated, it may have come to Ezekiel about the same time as the previous two in chapter 32, namely, in the last month of 585 B.C. If so, Ezekiel received it about two months after God gave him the six messages recorded in Ezekiel 33:21 to Ezekiel 39:29 (cf. Ezekiel 33:21). Perhaps the writer inserted the present message in the text here because its strong encouragement to repent was more typical of Ezekiel’s emphasis before news of... read more

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