Ezekiel 33:12
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
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Gill's Exposition
When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live,.... A happy life, here and hereafter; an eternal life, and not die the second death: this must be understood, should he appear a truly…
These verses are the substance of what we had before (Eze 18:20, etc.) and they are so full and express a declaration of the terms on which people stand with God (as the former were of the terms on…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
It would have been enough to illustrate the earnest exhortation, Turn ye, why will ye die? (Eze 33:33) by the assurance that if the wicked turns his past sins will not be remembered against him (Eze…
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