None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.
Israel complains that their sins weigh them down and they are wasting away, but they twist God's conditional promise into a mockery, as if He had set life out of reach on purpose. They pervert the prophet's word, turning what was meant to drive them to repentance into an excuse for despair. Thus corrupt minds pick quarrels with God's mercy itself.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 33:10-20
Yet the children of thy people say,.... "Not my people"; for surely the children of God could never say what follows; and one would think that even no man could say it, after so much had been said by the Lord concerning the righteous and the wicked, and his dealings with them, which must appear to be just and right, good and gracious; and yet...
Israel rightly acknowledges their sins lie heavy and they are vanishing away, yet God answers with an oath: I have no pleasure in the sinner's death. When the wicked man turns from his evil way, he shall live. The issue is not whether God will forgive, it is whether they will repent.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 33:10-20