Ezekiel 33:20

And this is that which ye said, The way of the Lord is not straight. I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one for his ways.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And when the sinner turns from his iniquity, and shall do judgment and righteousness, he shall live by them.

21And it came to pass in the tenth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is taken.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:12But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.

Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Ezekiel 18:29Yet the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not right. Is not my way right, O house of Israel? is not your way wrong?

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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