Ezekiel 33:17

And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.

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In The King James Version

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

In Context

16None of his sins, which he has committed, will be imputed to him. He has done judgment and justice, so he shall certainly live.

18For when the just man will have withdrawn from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.

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Cross References

Job 35:2Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”

Ezekiel 18:25And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?

Ezekiel 33:20And yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways, O house of Israel.”

Luke 19:21For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you 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 →

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