Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
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
Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came,.... The prophet felt a divine impulse on his mind; he was under the influence of a spirit of prophecy, and knew before the messenger came to him what his message was, and was prepared to receive it, and to prophesy upon it; for this is to be...
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