Ezekiel 18:31
Cast off from you all your transgressions which ye have committed against me, And make you a new heart; And a new spirit,- For why should ye die, O house of Israel?
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Deuteronomy 30:15See! I have set before thee, to-day, life and prosperity,—and death and calamity;
Psalms 34:14Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.
Proverbs 8:36But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.
Isaiah 30:22Then will ye defile—The overlaying of thy graven images of silver, And the coating of thy molten image, of gold,—Thou wilt cash them away, as a woman the token of her sickness, Begone! shalt thou say thereto,
Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves unto Yahweh So shall ye remove the impurity of your heart, ye men of Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,—Lest mine indignation, go forth as fire, and burn and there be none to quench it, Because of the wickedness of your doings.
Jeremiah 27:15For I have not sent them, Declareth Yahweh, but they are prophesying in my name, falsely,—to the end I may drive you out and ye be destroyed, ye and the prophets who are prophesying unto 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 →