Ezekiel 33:28

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26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you ^adefile one another’s wives. Should you then possess the land?” ’

27 “Say thus to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “As I live, surely ^athose who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field ^bI will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and ^ccaves shall die of the pestilence.

28 ^aFor I will make the land most desolate,¹ her ^barrogant strength shall cease, and ^cthe mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.

29 Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.” ’

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30 “As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they ^aspeak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’

31 So ^athey come to you as people do, they ^bsit before you as My people, and they ^chear your words, but they do not do them; ^dfor with their mouth they show much love, but ^etheir hearts pursue their own gain.

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Ezekiel 33:23-33

The exhortation to repentance. Ezekiel first addresses the remnant that still linger in their ancient home, and warns them against presumptuous hopes resting on false grounds Ezekiel 33:23-29; then he turns his eyes to those near him, and points out that their apparent attention to his words was illusory.

Ezekiel 33:24

Those wastes - The places in the holy land devastated by the conqueror.

Abraham - The argument is, Abraham was but one man, and he had the promise of the land, though he did not at once possess it; much more shall we, the descendants of Abraham, being many, retain this promise and possess the land, though for a time we are depressed and subject. Compare Matthew 3:9; John 8:33, John 8:39.

Ezekiel 33:25

To eat flesh with the blood was forbidden (see the marginal references). It seems to have been connected with the idolatries of Canaan. The prohibition was, on account of its connection with idolatry, continued in the enactment of the Council of Jerusalem Acts 15:29.

Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stand upon your sword - Ye put your trust in your swords.

Ezekiel 33:30-33

God warns the prophet against being misled by the compliance of the people.

Ezekiel 33:30

Against thee - Rather, about "thee." "by the walls" Rather, within "the walls."

Ezekiel 33:31

As the people cometh - literally, as in the margin, i. e., in crowds. Render it: they shall come "unto thee" like the coming of a people," and" shall "sit before thee as My people" etc., i. e., they assume the attitude of God' s people listening to His prophet. Compare Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1.

Ezekiel 33:33

And when this - But when this.

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