As. live, he. Figure of speech Delete. App-6.
saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle, See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
turn ye. Note the Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.
why will ye die... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Verse Ezekiel 33:11. _AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD GOD, I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN_ _THE DEATH OF THE WICKED_] From this to the twentieth verse inclusive is nearly the same with Ezekiel 18:3 c., on which I w...
II. PREDICTIONS AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM (33-48) Chapter S 33-34 A. The Watchman, the False Shepherds, and the True Shepherd _ 1. The renewed call of Ezekiel as watchman (Ezekiel 33:1) _...
NEED OF A DEEPENED SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY (EZEKIEL 33), and this alike for himself and his hearers. EZEKIEL 33:1. He feels that he is responsible for them, and that they are responsible for...
Despondency of the people, making the prophet's appeals to them of none effect. Removal of the despair by two gracious words from the Lord....
Jehovah's answer to the people's despondency and despair of "life." These verses must be estimated from the point of view of the people's despair of life, to which they are an answer. The passage is n...
DISCOURSE: 1112 GOD EXPOSTULATING WITH SINNERS Ezekiel 33:11. _Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and l...
B. The Possibilities of Repentance 33:10-20 TRANSLATION (10) And as for you, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Thus you have said: Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste aw...
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die,...
THE PROPHET AND THE INDIVIDUAL This passage combines an expanded repetition of Ezekiel 3:17 with a condensed repetition of Ezekiel 18:5. The prophet is a watchman, responsible for warning his people o...
§ 1. THE RESTORATION (EZEKIEL 33-39) After an introductory passage (Ezekiel 33:1), and two short prophecies against the wicked survivors of Jerusalem and the careless exiles (Ezekiel 33:21), this sect...
I HAVE NO PLEASURE. — Comp. Ezekiel 18:28; Ezekiel 18:32. Ezekiel meets the despair of the people by the assurance, long before given in another connection, that the Creator and Father of all can have...
אֱמֹ֨ר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם חַי ־אָ֣נִי ׀ נְאֻ֣ם ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י...
THE PROPHET A WATCHMAN Ezekiel 33:1 ONE day in January of the year 586 the tidings circulated through the Jewish colony at Tel-abib that "the city was smitten." The rapidity with which in the East in...
“WHY WILL YE DIE?” Ezekiel 33:1-16 The prophet depicts the peasantry of a fertile valley as engaged in pastoral pursuits. It is a peaceful, happy scene; but, creeping through the mountain passes, are...
Ezekiel next delivered a series of messages concerning the chosen nation. The first message described the function and responsibilities of the prophet under the figure of a watchman. In the day of dan...
Say to them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, (f) I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked should turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why wi...
_Desire. The sinner's damnation is not an object of God's pleasure, chap. xviii. 23. (Calmet) --- He has an antecedent will to save all. He knocks at the door of our heart, (Apocalypse iii. 20.) and i...
That I may not swell the bulk of this Commentary more than necessary, I refer the Reader to the observations made on Ezekiel 18:1 of this same prophecy, from Ezekiel 18:23 to the end; for the scriptur...
_WHY WILL YE DIE?_ ‘Why will ye die?’ Ezekiel 33:11 I. YOU ARE IN DANGER OF DEATH—the second death—eternal death. You deserve death—are condemned to die. II. YOU NEED NOT DIE UNLESS YOU WILL, UNL...
In chapter 33, in view of these judgments, which put His people on entirely new ground (for they were judged as Loammi, with the nations, and this is why the prophecy can look on to the last days, alt...
SAY UNTO THEM, AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD,.... The following is the answer returned from the Lord by the prophet to their above complaint and reasoning; to which is premised the oath of God, showing th...
Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die...
_If our transgressions be upon us_, &c. If the unpardoned guilt of our sins lie upon us, and we be punished for them in the wasting of our country, the burning of our city, the abolishing the public w...
THE PROPHET AS A WATCHMAN...
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, than which there is no more solemn oath, I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED, much less is it His intention to have the wicked punished in this...
10-20 Those who despaired of finding mercy with God, are answered with a solemn declaration of God's readiness to show mercy. The ruin of the city and state was determined, but that did not relate to...
AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD GOD: see EZEKIEL 5:11, EZEKIEL 16:48 17:16. I HAVE NO PLEASURE: see EZEKIEL 18:23,32. BUT THAT THE WICKED: here is an ellipsis; but I have pleasure in the seasonable
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“Say to them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn yourselves, turn yourselves, from your evil ways. For...
Ezekiel 33:11 These words of the text ought to touch us, first in the way of warning and then of encouragement. I. As to the warning contained in this high doctrine it seems obviously and inevitably...
Ezekiel 33:1. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a...
CONTENTS: Ethical instructions for the captivity. Rebuke to those who are not sincere in their professions. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Abraham. CONCLUSION: God warns sinners of the wrath to come that...
Ezekiel 33:2. _If the people of the land take a man and set him for their watchman;_ and if he be asleep, and blow not the trumpet when the invading army approaches, all are agreed that he ought to di...
_As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live._ THE SINCERITY OF DIVINE EXPOSTULATIONS 1. What a contrast are God’s th...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 33:1 After the Fall of Jerusalem. Following the central collection of foreign-nation oracles, the focus returns to Judah (or “the house of Israel,” as Ezekiel usually calls it)...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 33:11 I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED. The Bible is clear that God will punish sin and maintain his holiness and justice. At the same time, God feels sorrow over...
EZEKIEL’S COMMISSION RENEWED (Chap. 33) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 33:2. “SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE.” “The prophet turns from foreign nations to Israel again. The early portion of the chapte...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 33:1 If we may think of Ezekiel as compiling and arranging his own prophecies, we may think of him as returning, with something like a sense of relief, to his own special work as t...
Now as we get into chapter 33 God now begins to instruct those captives who are in Babylon. Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if t...
1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9; 2 Samuel 14:14; Acts 26:20; Acts 3:19;...
THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD Ezekiel 33:1, _Ezekiel 33:28_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS It may not be pleasant, but it is necessary to warn the saint and the sinner against coming judgments. 1. WE NEED TO WARN THE C...