Ezekiel 33:11-19 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:14-15

The efficacy of repentance. If, on the one hand, the prophet was warned that some seemingly righteous, superficially good, would fail, he was encouraged, on the other hand, by the assurance that some wicked persons would, as the result of his admonitions, repent and convert, and would be brought to true and Divine life. I. THE SEAT OF REPENTANCE . This must be the spiritual nature. The promptings to a better life come from within, from better feelings and better convictions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:15

If the wicked restore the pledge . In Ezekiel 18:7 , Ezekiel 18:12 , Ezekiel 18:16 , this and its opposite had been grouped with other forms of good and evil. Here it stands out in solitary preeminence. The reason may possibly be found in the fact that a time of exile and suffering was likely to make the sin, which the penitent thus showed that he had renounced, a specially common one. The starving man pledged his garment or his tools for the loan of money or of food at a price far... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:17

The way of the Lord is not equal . The prophet now proclaims what he had been taught, perhaps then, without proclaiming it, in Ezekiel 18:25-30 . Men are dealt with by the Divine Judge, not as their fathers have Been before them, not even as they themselves have been in times past, but exactly as they are. Where could there be a more perfect rule of equity? The question how far Ezekiel thinks of the judgment itself as final, whether there is the possibility of repentance and pardon after... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:17

Charging God with injustice. I. IT IS NATURAL FOR MEN TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE JUSTICE OF GOD 'S ACTIONS . The moral character of Providence is of immense importance. If God acted from caprice, there would be no ground on which we could rely in approaching him, and our whole lives would lie at the mercy of chance. If he were unjust, the most fearful confusion would result. Our security lies in the justice of God, in our knowledge that he will only do what is... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:13

Ezekiel 33:13. When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live When I make him a promise of life, peace, and every blessing which he stands in need of; if he trust to his own righteousness Formerly performed, but now abandoned; or, if he rely upon the good works he hath done, and think the worth of them will overbalance the guilt of his evil deeds; which seems to have been the opinion of the later Jews, who lay it down for a rule in their Mishna, That all Israel shall have a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:15

Ezekiel 33:15. If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed It is a necessary condition of obtaining pardon, that men make restitution of what they have unjustly gotten from others. The law is express to this purpose, Leviticus 6:5, where the offender is required to add a fifth part to the principal, and give it to him to whom it appertaineth; see the note there. To the same purpose is that received rule among the Christian casuists, taken from St. Augustin, Epistle... 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 33:11

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 33:12

thereby: or, therein. in the day = when. See App-18 . for his righteousness = thereby, or therein, in the day, &c. sinneth . Hebrew. chata '. App-44 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 33:17

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 33:15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 33:1-20

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 33:12

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