Ezekiel 33:20

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

21And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying: 'The city is smitten.'

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Cross References

Psalms 62:12(62-13) Also unto Thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy; for Thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Ecclesiastes 12:14For God shall bring every work into the judgment concerning every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

Ezekiel 18:29Yet saith the house of Israel: The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, is it My ways that are not equal? is it not your ways that are unequal?

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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