Ezekiel 33:17

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

Darby Translation

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 hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done judgment and justice; he shall certainly live.

18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.

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Cross References

Job 35:2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Ezekiel 18:25And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Ezekiel 33:20Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Luke 19:21For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.

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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