Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make to yourselves a new heart, and a new spirit: and why will you die, O house of Israel?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
32For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, return ye and live.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and evil:
Psalms 34:14Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 8:36But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.
Isaiah 30:22And thou shalt defile the plates of thy graven things of silver, and the garment of thy molten things of gold, and shalt cast them away as the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it: Get thee hence.
Jeremiah 4:4Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your hearts, ye men of Juda, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my indignation come forth like fire, and burn, and there be none that can quench it: because of the wickedness of your thoughts.
Jeremiah 27:15For I have not sent them, saith the Lord: and they prophesy in my name falsely: to drive you out, and that you may perish, both you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:31-32
Warning against Apostasy. ( b. c. 593.) 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God . Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. We… Read the whole commentary →