When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
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When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
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But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
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And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
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- Ezekiel 18:27-28 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive. Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
- Ezekiel 33:14 Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die;” if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 33:19 But if the wicked turn from his…
Eze 33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Ver. 19. He shall live thereby.] Provided that he rest not in his righteousness, but learn to live by the faith of the Son of God. {Gal 2:20}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In these two verses the cases are so clearly…
In these two verses the cases are so clearly stated, that it is as clear as the sun the ways of God are very just, and that none but ignorant atheists would think or surmise otherwise.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass in the twelfth year…
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity,.... Of Jeconiah's captivity, when Ezekiel with others were carried into Babylon; see Eze 1:2.
in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month; which was a year, four months, and some days, after the city of Jerusalem was taken; for that was destroyed in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, and so of the captivity, and in the fifth month, and tenth day of the month. Kg2 25:2. It is much it was not known at Babylon before; though so it might, and yet not one that escaped came to Ezekiel sooner to give him an account of it, which he had seen with his eyes. The Syriac version reads it, in the "eleventh year"; and so makes it but a few months after the destruction; and it may be observed that it is promised by the Lord, Eze 24:26, that on the day the city was taken, one should escape, and bring the prophet the news; that is, directly, immediately, in a very short time, as soon as it was possible that he could arrive to him; and yet, as taken notice, here were a year and almost five months before he reached him, which seems pretty strange. The difficulty may be solved in this manner: Ezekiel reckons from the captivity of Jeconiah, which began in the month Chisleu; and the computation in Kg2 25:2, is from Zedekiah's reign, which is to be reckoned from the month Nisan, and from the first Nisan of his reign; for it is a rule with the Jews, (h) that the beginning of the year for kings is the first of Nisan; so that the tenth month from the captivity is the sixth from Nisan; whence it appears there was not a full month from the city being burnt to the news being brought to Ezekiel; which was time short enough, in such a troublesome season, to take a journey from Jerusalem to Babylon; for Zedekiah not being crowned before the Nisan following the captivity, the computation of his reign did not begin till that Nisan, which makes this difference in the chronology. According to Bishop Usher (i), this messenger came to Ezekiel the twenty fifth of January, the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), in 3417 A.M. or before Christ 587:
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that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me; as it was foretold and promised he should, Eze 24:26,
saying, the city is smitten; the city of Jerusalem; the walls were broken down, the houses burnt, and the whole destroyed.
(h) Misn. Roshhashanah, c. 1. sect. 1. (i) Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3417.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. He shall live thereby] "The wages of…
Verse 19. He shall live thereby] "The wages of sin is death;" the "gift of God is eternal life." It is a miserable trade by which a man cannot live; such a trade is sin.
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