Ezekiel 33:17
Yet the sons of thy people say, The way of LORD is not equitable. But as for them, their way is not equitable.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18When the righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die in it.
Cross References
Job 35:2What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?
Ezekiel 18:25Yet ye say, The way of LORD is not equitable. Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not my way equitable? Are not your ways inequitable?
Ezekiel 33:20Yet ye say, The way of LORD is not equitable. O house of Israel, I will judge you everyone according to his ways.
Luke 19:21For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 33:11-21
The Cavils of the People Answered. ( b. c. 587.) 10 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? 11 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? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy… Read the whole commentary →