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Ezequiel 33:31
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as the people cometh: Heb. according to the coming of the people, Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 14:1, Ezekiel 20:1-32, Luke 10:39, Acts 10:33
they sit before thee as my people: or, my people sit before thee
and they: Jeremiah 6:16, Jeremiah 6:17, Jeremiah 43:1-7, Jeremiah 44:16, Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:48, Luke 6:49, Luke 8:21, Luke 11:28, James 1:22-24
for with: Deuteronomy 5:28, Deuteronomy 5:29, Psalms 78:36, Psalms 78:37, Isaiah 29:13, James 2:14-16, 1 John 3:17, 1 John 3:18
show much love: Heb. make loves, or jests, Isaiah 28:13, Jeremiah 23:33-38, Luke 16:14
but their: Matthew 6:24, Matthew 13:22, Matthew 19:22, Luke 12:15-21, Ephesians 5:5, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:17 - thy neighbour's house Numbers 22:8 - General Numbers 23:1 - Build me Deuteronomy 30:14 - mouth Judges 16:10 - now tell me 1 Samuel 8:19 - refused to obey 1 Samuel 21:7 - detained 2 Kings 5:25 - stood before 2 Kings 6:32 - the elders 2 Kings 10:16 - Come with me 2 Chronicles 12:14 - to seek Ezra 4:14 - and it was Nehemiah 6:2 - they thought Psalms 55:14 - We took sweet counsel together Psalms 119:36 - and not to Proverbs 23:12 - General Proverbs 26:23 - General Isaiah 6:5 - I dwell Isaiah 7:12 - neither Isaiah 42:20 - opening Isaiah 57:17 - the iniquity Jeremiah 6:13 - For Jeremiah 7:10 - come Jeremiah 8:10 - for Jeremiah 12:2 - near Jeremiah 12:6 - thy brethren Jeremiah 22:17 - thine eyes Jeremiah 42:1 - came Jeremiah 42:20 - For ye Ezekiel 7:26 - then Matthew 6:1 - to be Matthew 13:20 - anon Matthew 15:8 - draweth Matthew 21:30 - I go Matthew 22:16 - we know Mark 4:16 - which Mark 7:6 - honoureth Mark 10:20 - General Mark 10:22 - for Luke 7:40 - Master Luke 12:13 - Master Luke 13:24 - for Luke 18:11 - God Luke 18:18 - Good Luke 18:23 - he was very sorrowful Luke 20:47 - for John 5:35 - and ye John 6:26 - Ye seek John 12:6 - not John 15:22 - they Acts 24:26 - hoped Acts 26:28 - Almost Romans 12:9 - love 2 Corinthians 6:6 - love 2 Corinthians 8:8 - prove Ephesians 5:3 - covetousness 1 Timothy 6:5 - supposing Titus 1:16 - profess Hebrews 13:5 - conversation James 1:23 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they come unto thee as the people cometh,.... As the people of God, who came to the prophets's house to hear him preach the word, and explain it for their spiritual profit and edification these came when they did, and as early and constantly, and with seeming pleasure:
and they sit before thee as my people; with great decency and reverence, and very gravely and demurely, and with seeming devotion, and stay the time out till the whole service is over; as scholars sit at the feet of their masters, to hear and learn their doctrines. So the Targum,
"and they come unto thee as the men the disciples come:''
and they hear thy words, but they will not do them; they gave him the hearing, and seemed attentive, but did not understand what they heard, at least did not put it in practice; they were only hearers, and not doers of the word, and like to the foolish man in Matthew 7:26:
for with their mouth they show much love: by the motions of their lips while hearing, and other gestures, as well as by what they said afterwards, they seemed pleased and delighted with what they heard; made huge encomiums upon it, and spoke much in the praise of the preacher. The Targum is the reverse,
"they made game with their mouth.''
But their heart goeth after their covetousness;
"after the money they had taken away by force,''
as the Targum; after the world, and the things of it; after their secular affairs, so that they wished the sermon over, that they might be at them; or, however, did not so diligently attend to what was said, but the cares of the world choked the word, and made it unfruitful to them; these were like the seed that fell among thorns, the thorny ground hearers, Matthew 13:22.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 33:31. As the people cometh — As they are accustomed to come on public days, Sabbaths, &c.
With their mouth they show much love — They respected the prophet, but would not bend themselves to follow his precepts. They loved earthly things, and did not relish those of heaven.
