Ezekiel 33:10

Translations

Modern

Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

Traditional

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?

Literal

Now you, son of man, say to the house of Israel: Thus you have spoken, saying, ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and in them we rot away! How then can we live?’

Latin

Tu ergo, fili hominis, dic ad domum Israël: Sic locuti estis, dicentes: Iniquitates nostræ et peccata nostra super nos sunt, et in ipsis nos tabescimus: quomodo ergo vivere poterimus?

Original

Hebrew

English

Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

Notes

Ezekiel 33:10–11

our sins are heavy upon us … How can we live?: At last, the people of Israel began to take the prophet’s warnings seriously. However, there was now a new danger. Instead of turning to God in repentance and faith, they might fall into despair.

God’s judgment is not like an unchangeable fate. It still allows room for forgiveness. The Sovereign Lord does not take pleasure in the death of wicked people.

Even those who have done great evil can live. If they repent (turn away from their sin) and change their ways, they will live.

Theme notes and profiles

Apostasy and Renewal

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

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Ezekiel 4:17
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Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
Ezekiel 24:23
Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
Jeremiah 2:25
You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
Psalm 130:7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Isaiah 51:20
Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Conversion Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Conviction of Sin God: Judge, and his Justice Merciful Opportunity: The Measure of Responsibility Penitent: Promises To Remorse: General Scriptures Concerning Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Responsibility: According to Privilege

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