Ezekiel 18:31 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 18:30-32

We have here the conclusion and application of this whole matter. After a fair trial at the bar of right reason the verdict is brought in on God's side; it appears that his ways are equal. Judgment therefore is next to be given; and one would think it should be a judgment of condemnation, nothing short of Go, you cursed, into everlasting fire. But, behold, a miracle of mercy; the day of grace and divine patience is yet lengthened out; and therefore, though God will at last judge every one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby ye have transgressed ,.... As unprofitable and pernicious, to be abhorred and abstained from, and to be cast off, as loads and burdens upon them. Kimchi interprets it of the punishment of their sins, which might be cast off, or escaped, by repentance; perhaps it is best to interpret it of the casting away of their idols, by which they transgressed; see Ezekiel 20:7 ; and make you a new heart and a new spirit ; which the Lord elsewhere... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away - With a holy violence, dash away every transgression and incentive to it. Make you a new heart - Call upon God for it, and he will give it: for as sure as you earnestly call on God through Christ to save you, so surely you shall be saved; and the effect will so speedily follow, that God is pleased to attribute that in some sort to yourselves, which is done by his grace alone; because ye earnestly call upon him for it, come in the right way to receive it, and are determined... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 18:31

Verse 31 Ezekiel again exhorts the people to leave off complaining, and to acknowledge that there is no remedy for their evils but to be reconciled to God. But that cannot be done unless they repent. For God was not hostile to them in vain; nor did he, after the manner of men, persecute with hatred the innocent, and those who did not deserve it. Hence it was necessary to seek God’s pardon suppliantly. Ezekiel had already touched upon this, but he now confirms it more at length. He says,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:25-32

The path to life. Sin has a blinding effect upon man's intellect and reason. It leads to most erroneous conclusions. It produces deep-seated and suicidal prejudice. It puts "darkness for light, and light for darkness." The most perfect equality it brands "inequality." It would make heaven into hell. I. THE FIRST STEP HEAVENWARD IS THOUGHTFUL CHOICE . The chief folly of men is their thoughtlessness. They sink into mental and moral indolence. They will not investigate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:30-31

That work was to produce repentance, hope, and fear. The goodness and severity of God alike led up to that. For a man to remain in his sin will be fatal, but it is not the will of God that he should so remain. What he needs is the new heart and the new spirit , which are primarily, as in Ezekiel 11:19 , God's gift to men, but which men must make their own by seeking and receiving them. So iniquity shall not be your ruin ; better, with the margin of the Revised Version, so shall they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

Why will ye die? I. GOD EARNESTLY DESIRES TO SAVE HIS CHILDREN . He repeatedly repudiates the notion that he has any pleasure in their death ( e.g. Ezekiel 18:23 and Ezekiel 18:32 ). He does not regard that terrible fate with indifference, as though it were no concern of his, after the manner of an epicurean divinity. He might say that, as men have foolishly and sinfully earned their own ruin, he would regard their doom with complacency. But instead of doing so, he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

Divine remonstrance. There is something very impressive in the form of this remonstrance. If the question were taken in its literal sense, and published among men upon Divine authority; if men were invited to accept immunity from buddy dissolution;—in how many cases would the appeal meet, not only with earnest attention, but with eager response! The death which is here referred to must be that which consists in Divine displeasure, or, at all events, that death in which such displeasure... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

A solemn and startling inquiry. "Why will ye die?" The prophet has just exhorted the house of Israel to repent, to turn away from all sin, to turn unto God, so that iniquity should not prove their ruin. And now he addresses to them the brief and awakening interrogation, "Why will ye die?" This inquiry, interpreted in harmony with its context, implies, what has been already stated more than once in this chapter, that persistence in sin leads to the death of the soul. The prophet has also... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 18:30-31

Ezekiel 18:30-31. Therefore will I judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, &c. You complain of the injustice of my ways or proceedings; but if I judge you according to the desert of your ways, you will certainly be all found guilty: and nothing but repentance, and a real turning to God in heart and life, can avert that ruin to which your sins have exposed you. Cast away from you all your transgressions Here God, in a most tender and pathetic manner, exhorts the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 18:30-32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 18:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 18:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:25-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 18:30-31

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