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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 33:10	Strong Concordance	Therefore, O thou son [01121] of man [0120], speak [0559] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478]; Thus ye speak [0559], saying [0559], If our transgressions [06588] and our sins [02403] be upon us, and we pine away [04743] in them, how should we then live [02421]?
	King James	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?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
be upon us--that is, their guilt remain on us. pine away in them--if we suffer the penalty threatened for them in Eze 24:23, according to the law (Lev 26:39). how should we . . . live?--as Thou dost promise in Eze 33:5 (compare Eze 37:11; Isa 49:14).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

be upon us--that is, their guilt remain on us.

pine away in them--if we suffer the penalty threatened for them in Eze 24:23, according to the law (Lev 26:39).

how should we . . . live?--as Thou dost promise in Eze 33:5 (compare Eze 37:11; Isa 49:14).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
As watchman over Israel, Ezekiel is to announce to those who are despairing of the mercy of God, that the Lord will preserve from destruction those who turn from their sin, and lead them into life. - Eze 33:10. Thou then, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Ye rightly say, Our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and in them we vanish away; how, then, can we live? Eze 33:11. Say to them, As truly as I live, is the saying of the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the sinner; but when the sinner turneth from his way, he shall live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways! for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Eze 33:12. And thou, son of man, say to the sons of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and the sinner will not fall through his sin in the day that he turneth from his sin, and the righteous man will not be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. Eze 33:13. If I say to the righteous man that he shall live, and he relies upon his righteousness and does wrong, all his righteousnesses will not be remembered; and for his wrong that he has done, he will die. Eze 33:14. If I say to the sinner, Thou shalt die, and he turns from his sin, and does justice and righteousness, Eze 33:15. So that the wicked returns the pledge, restores what has been robbed, walks in the statutes of life without doing wrong, he will live, not die. Eze 33:16. All his sins which he has committed shall not be remembered against him; he has done justice and righteousness, he will live. Eze 33:17. And the sons of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not right; but they - their way is not right. Eze 33:18. If the righteous man turneth from his righteousness and doeth wrong, he shall die thereby; Eze 33:19. But if the wicked man turneth from his wickedness and doeth right and righteousness, he will live thereby. Eze 33:20. And yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not right. I will judge you every one according to his ways, O house of Israel. - In Eze 33:10 and Eze 33:11 the prophet's calling for the future is set before him, inasmuch as God instructs him to announce to those who are in despair on account of their sins the gracious will of the Lord. The threat contained in the law (Lev 26:39), ימּקּוּ בּעונם, of which Ezekiel had repeatedly reminded the people with warning, and, last of all, when predicting the conquest and destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans (compare Eze 4:17 and Eze 24:23), had pressed heavily upon their heart, when the threatened judgment took place, so that they quote the words, not "in self-defence," as Hvernick erroneously supposes, but in despair of any deliverance. Ezekiel is to meet this despair of little faith by the announcement that the Lord has no pleasure in the death of the sinner, but desires his conversion and his life. Ezekiel had already set this word of grave before the people in Eze 18:23, Eze 18:32, accompanied with the summons to salvation for them to lay to heart: there, it was done to overthrow the delusion that the present generation had to atone for the sins of the fathers; but here, to lift up the hearts of those who were despairing of salvation; and for this reason it is accompanied with the asseveration (wanting in Eze 18:23 and Eze 18:32): "as truly as I live, saith the Lord," and with the urgent appeal to repent and turn. But in order to preclude the abuse of this word of consolation by making it a ground of false confidence in their own righteousness, Ezekiel repeats in Eze 33:12-20 the principal thoughts contained in that announcement (Eze 18:20-32) - namely, first of all, in Eze 33:12-16, the thought that the righteousness of the righteous is of no avail to him if he gives himself up to the unrighteousness, and that the sinner will not perish on account of his sin if he turns from his wickedness and strives after righteousness (יכּשׁל , Eze 33:12, as in Hos 5:5; Jer 6:15; compare Eze 18:24-25, and Eze 18:21, Eze 18:22; and for Eze 33:14 and Eze 33:15, more especially Eze 18:5 and Eze 18:7); and then, secondly, in Eze 33:17-20, the reproof of those who find fault with the way of the Lord (compare Eze 18:25, Eze 18:27, Eze 18:29-30).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

As watchman over Israel, Ezekiel is to announce to those who are despairing of the mercy of God, that the Lord will preserve from destruction those who turn from their sin, and lead them into life. - Eze 33:10. Thou then, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Ye rightly say, Our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and in them we vanish away; how, then, can we live? Eze 33:11. Say to them, As truly as I live, is the saying of the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the sinner; but when the sinner turneth from his way, he shall live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways! for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Eze 33:12. And thou, son of man, say to the sons of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and the sinner will not fall through his sin in the day that he turneth from his sin, and the righteous man will not be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. Eze 33:13. If I say to the righteous man that he shall live, and he relies upon his righteousness and does wrong, all his righteousnesses will not be remembered; and for his wrong that he has done, he will die. Eze 33:14. If I say to the sinner, Thou shalt die, and he turns from his sin, and does justice and righteousness, Eze 33:15. So that the wicked returns the pledge, restores what has been robbed, walks in the statutes of life without doing wrong, he will live, not die. Eze 33:16. All his sins which he has committed shall not be remembered against him; he has done justice and righteousness, he will live. Eze 33:17. And the sons of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not right; but they - their way is not right. Eze 33:18. If the righteous man turneth from his righteousness and doeth wrong, he shall die thereby; Eze 33:19. But if the wicked man turneth from his wickedness and doeth right and righteousness, he will live thereby. Eze 33:20. And yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not right. I will judge you every one according to his ways, O house of Israel. - In Eze 33:10 and Eze 33:11 the prophet's calling for the future is set before him, inasmuch as God instructs him to announce to those who are in despair on account of their sins the gracious will of the Lord. The threat contained in the law (Lev 26:39), ימּקּוּ בּעונם, of which Ezekiel had repeatedly reminded the people with warning, and, last of all, when predicting the conquest and destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans (compare Eze 4:17 and Eze 24:23), had pressed heavily upon their heart, when the threatened judgment took place, so that they quote the words, not "in self-defence," as Hvernick erroneously supposes, but in despair of any deliverance. Ezekiel is to meet this despair of little faith by the announcement that the Lord has no pleasure in the death of the sinner, but desires his conversion and his life. Ezekiel had already set this word of grave before the people in Eze 18:23, Eze 18:32, accompanied with the summons to salvation for them to lay to heart: there, it was done to overthrow the delusion that the present generation had to atone for the sins of the fathers; but here, to lift up the hearts of those who were despairing of salvation; and for this reason it is accompanied with the asseveration (wanting in Eze 18:23 and Eze 18:32): "as truly as I live, saith the Lord," and with the urgent appeal to repent and turn. But in order to preclude the abuse of this word of consolation by making it a ground of false confidence in their own righteousness, Ezekiel repeats in Eze 33:12-20 the principal thoughts contained in that announcement (Eze 18:20-32) - namely, first of all, in Eze 33:12-16, the thought that the righteousness of the righteous is of no avail to him if he gives himself up to the unrighteousness, and that the sinner will not perish on account of his sin if he turns from his wickedness and strives after righteousness (יכּשׁל , Eze 33:12, as in Hos 5:5; Jer 6:15; compare Eze 18:24-25, and Eze 18:21, Eze 18:22; and for Eze 33:14 and Eze 33:15, more especially Eze 18:5 and Eze 18:7); and then, secondly, in Eze 33:17-20, the reproof of those who find fault with the way of the Lord (compare Eze 18:25, Eze 18:27, Eze 18:29-30).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Our sins - The unpardoned guilt, and the unsupportable punishment of our sins, in the wasting of our country, burning our city, abolishing the publick worship of God; we shall pine away, 'tis too late to hope. How - How can it be better with us?

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
If our transgressions and our sins be upon us - They are upon us, as a grievous burden, too weighty for us to bear: how then can we live under such a load? We pine away in them - In such circumstances how consoling is that word: "Come unto me, all ye who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest!"

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¹⁴ But Zion [06726] said [0559], The LORD [03068] hath forsaken [05800] me, and my Lord [0136] hath forgotten [07911] me.

¹¹ Then he said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], these bones [06106] are the whole house [01004] of Israel [03478]: behold, they say [0559], Our bones [06106] are dried [03001], and our hope [08615] is lost [06]: we are cut off [01504] for our parts.

⁵ He heard [08085] the sound [06963] of the trumpet [07782], and took not warning [02094]; his blood [01818] shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning [02094] shall deliver [04422] his soul [05315].

³⁹ And they that are left [07604] of you shall pine away [04743] in their iniquity [05771] in your enemies [0341] ' lands [0776]; and also in the iniquities [05771] of their fathers [01] shall they pine away [04743] with them.

²³ And your tires [06287] shall be upon your heads [07218], and your shoes [05275] upon your feet [07272]: ye shall not mourn [05594] nor weep [01058]; but ye shall pine away [04743] for your iniquities [05771], and mourn [05098] one [0376] toward another [0251].

²⁹ Yet saith [0559] the house [01004] of Israel [03478], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]. O house [01004] of Israel [03478], are not my ways [01870] equal [08505]? are not your ways [01870] unequal [08505]?
³⁰ Therefore I will judge [08199] you, O house [01004] of Israel [03478], every one [0376] according to his ways [01870], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]. Repent [07725], and turn [07725] yourselves from all your transgressions [06588]; so iniquity [05771] shall not be your ruin [04383].

²⁷ Again, when the wicked [07563] man turneth away [07725] from his wickedness [07564] that he hath committed [06213], and doeth [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666], he shall save [02421] his soul [05315] alive [02421].

²⁵ Yet ye say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]. Hear [08085] now, O house [01004] of Israel [03478]; Is not my way [01870] equal [08505]? are not your ways [01870] unequal [08505]?

¹⁷ Yet the children [01121] of thy people [05971] say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]: but as for them, their way [01870] is not equal [08505].
¹⁸ When the righteous [06662] turneth [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], he shall even die [04191] thereby.
¹⁹ But if the wicked [07563] turn [07725] from his wickedness [07564], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666], he shall live [02421] thereby.
²⁰ Yet ye say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]. O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], I will judge [08199] you every one [0376] after his ways [01870].

⁷ And hath not oppressed [03238] any [0376], but hath restored [07725] to the debtor [02326] his pledge [02258], hath spoiled [01497] none by violence [01500], hath given [05414] his bread [03899] to the hungry [07457], and hath covered [03680] the naked [05903] with a garment [0899];

⁵ But if a man [0376] be just [06662], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666],

¹⁵ If the wicked [07563] restore [07725] the pledge [02258], give again [07999] that he had robbed [01500], walk [01980] in the statutes [02708] of life [02416], without committing [06213] iniquity [05766]; he shall surely [02421] live [02421], he shall not die [04191].

¹⁴ Again, when I say [0559] unto the wicked [07563], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]; if he turn [07725] from his sin [02403], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666];

²² All his transgressions [06588] that he hath committed [06213], they shall not be mentioned [02142] unto him: in his righteousness [06666] that he hath done [06213] he shall live [02421].

²¹ But if the wicked [07563] will turn [07725] from all his sins [02403] that he hath committed [06213], and keep [08104] all my statutes [02708], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666], he shall surely [02421] live [02421], he shall not die [04191].

²⁴ But when the righteous [06662] turneth away [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], and doeth [06213] according to all the abominations [08441] that the wicked [07563] man doeth [06213], shall he live [02425]? All his righteousness [06666] that he hath done [06213] shall not be mentioned [02142]: in his trespass [04603] that he hath trespassed [04604], and in his sin [02403] that he hath sinned [02398], in them shall he die [04191].
²⁵ Yet ye say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]. Hear [08085] now, O house [01004] of Israel [03478]; Is not my way [01870] equal [08505]? are not your ways [01870] unequal [08505]?

¹⁵ Were they ashamed [03001] when they had committed [06213] abomination [08441]? nay [01571], they were not at all [0954] ashamed [0954], neither [01571] could [03045] they blush [03637]: therefore they shall fall [05307] among them that fall [05307]: at the time [06256] that I visit [06485] them they shall be cast down [03782], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].

⁵ And the pride [01347] of Israel [03478] doth testify [06030] to his face [06440]: therefore shall Israel [03478] and Ephraim [0669] fall [03782] in their iniquity [05771]; Judah [03063] also shall fall [03782] with them.

²⁰ The soul [05315] that sinneth [02398], it shall die [04191]. The son [01121] shall not bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of the father [01], neither shall the father [01] bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of the son [01121]: the righteousness [06666] of the righteous [06662] shall be upon him, and the wickedness [07564] of the wicked [07563] shall be upon him.
²¹ But if the wicked [07563] will turn [07725] from all his sins [02403] that he hath committed [06213], and keep [08104] all my statutes [02708], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666], he shall surely [02421] live [02421], he shall not die [04191].
²² All his transgressions [06588] that he hath committed [06213], they shall not be mentioned [02142] unto him: in his righteousness [06666] that he hath done [06213] he shall live [02421].
²³ Have I any pleasure [02654] at all [02654] that the wicked [07563] should die [04194]? saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: and not that he should return [07725] from his ways [01870], and live [02421]?
²⁴ But when the righteous [06662] turneth away [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], and doeth [06213] according to all the abominations [08441] that the wicked [07563] man doeth [06213], shall he live [02425]? All his righteousness [06666] that he hath done [06213] shall not be mentioned [02142]: in his trespass [04603] that he hath trespassed [04604], and in his sin [02403] that he hath sinned [02398], in them shall he die [04191].
²⁵ Yet ye say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]. Hear [08085] now, O house [01004] of Israel [03478]; Is not my way [01870] equal [08505]? are not your ways [01870] unequal [08505]?
²⁶ When a righteous [06662] man turneth away [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], and dieth [04191] in them; for his iniquity [05766] that he hath done [06213] shall he die [04191].
²⁷ Again, when the wicked [07563] man turneth away [07725] from his wickedness [07564] that he hath committed [06213], and doeth [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666], he shall save [02421] his soul [05315] alive [02421].
²⁸ Because he considereth [07200], and turneth away [07725] from all his transgressions [06588] that he hath committed [06213], he shall surely [02421] live [02421], he shall not die [04191].
²⁹ Yet saith [0559] the house [01004] of Israel [03478], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]. O house [01004] of Israel [03478], are not my ways [01870] equal [08505]? are not your ways [01870] unequal [08505]?
³⁰ Therefore I will judge [08199] you, O house [01004] of Israel [03478], every one [0376] according to his ways [01870], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]. Repent [07725], and turn [07725] yourselves from all your transgressions [06588]; so iniquity [05771] shall not be your ruin [04383].
³¹ Cast away [07993] from you all your transgressions [06588], whereby ye have transgressed [06586]; and make [06213] you a new [02319] heart [03820] and a new [02319] spirit [07307]: for why will ye die [04191], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?
³² For I have no pleasure [02654] in the death [04194] of him that dieth [04191], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: wherefore turn [07725] yourselves, and live [02421] ye.

¹² Therefore, thou son [01121] of man [0120], say [0559] unto the children [01121] of thy people [05971], The righteousness [06666] of the righteous [06662] shall not deliver [05337] him in the day [03117] of his transgression [06588]: as for the wickedness [07564] of the wicked [07563], he shall not fall [03782] thereby in the day [03117] that he turneth [07725] from his wickedness [07562]; neither shall the righteous [06662] be able [03201] to live [02421] for his righteousness in the day [03117] that he sinneth [02398].
¹³ When I shall say [0559] to the righteous [06662], that he shall surely [02421] live [02421]; if he trust [0982] to his own righteousness [06666], and commit [06213] iniquity [05766], all his righteousnesses [06666] shall not be remembered [02142]; but for his iniquity [05766] that he hath committed [06213], he shall die [04191] for it.
¹⁴ Again, when I say [0559] unto the wicked [07563], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]; if he turn [07725] from his sin [02403], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666];
¹⁵ If the wicked [07563] restore [07725] the pledge [02258], give again [07999] that he had robbed [01500], walk [01980] in the statutes [02708] of life [02416], without committing [06213] iniquity [05766]; he shall surely [02421] live [02421], he shall not die [04191].
¹⁶ None of his sins [02403] that he hath committed [02398] shall be mentioned [02142] unto him: he hath done [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666]; he shall surely [02421] live [02421].
¹⁷ Yet the children [01121] of thy people [05971] say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]: but as for them, their way [01870] is not equal [08505].
¹⁸ When the righteous [06662] turneth [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], he shall even die [04191] thereby.
¹⁹ But if the wicked [07563] turn [07725] from his wickedness [07564], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666], he shall live [02421] thereby.
²⁰ Yet ye say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]. O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], I will judge [08199] you every one [0376] after his ways [01870].

³² For I have no pleasure [02654] in the death [04194] of him that dieth [04191], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: wherefore turn [07725] yourselves, and live [02421] ye.

²³ Have I any pleasure [02654] at all [02654] that the wicked [07563] should die [04194]? saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: and not that he should return [07725] from his ways [01870], and live [02421]?

³² For I have no pleasure [02654] in the death [04194] of him that dieth [04191], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: wherefore turn [07725] yourselves, and live [02421] ye.

¹⁷ That they may want [02637] bread [03899] and water [04325], and be astonied [08074] one [0376] with another [0251], and consume away [04743] for their iniquity [05771].

¹¹ Say [0559] unto them, As I live [02416], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], I have no pleasure [02654] in the death [04194] of the wicked [07563]; but that the wicked [07563] turn [07725] from his way [01870] and live [02421]: turn [07725] ye, turn [07725] ye from your evil [07451] ways [01870]; for why will ye die [04191], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?

¹⁰ Therefore, O thou son [01121] of man [0120], speak [0559] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478]; Thus ye speak [0559], saying [0559], If our transgressions [06588] and our sins [02403] be upon us, and we pine away [04743] in them, how should we then live [02421]?

²⁰ Yet ye say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]. O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], I will judge [08199] you every one [0376] after his ways [01870].

¹⁹ But if the wicked [07563] turn [07725] from his wickedness [07564], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666], he shall live [02421] thereby.

¹⁸ When the righteous [06662] turneth [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], he shall even die [04191] thereby.

¹⁷ Yet the children [01121] of thy people [05971] say [0559], The way [01870] of the Lord [0136] is not equal [08505]: but as for them, their way [01870] is not equal [08505].

¹⁶ None of his sins [02403] that he hath committed [02398] shall be mentioned [02142] unto him: he hath done [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666]; he shall surely [02421] live [02421].

¹⁴ Again, when I say [0559] unto the wicked [07563], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]; if he turn [07725] from his sin [02403], and do [06213] that which is lawful [04941] and right [06666];

¹³ When I shall say [0559] to the righteous [06662], that he shall surely [02421] live [02421]; if he trust [0982] to his own righteousness [06666], and commit [06213] iniquity [05766], all his righteousnesses [06666] shall not be remembered [02142]; but for his iniquity [05766] that he hath committed [06213], he shall die [04191] for it.