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Ezekiel 18:3
3As I live” — this is the declaration of the Lord God — “you will no longer use this proverb in Israel.
Ezekiel 18:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As I live, declares the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“As I live,” says the Lord God, “you shall no longer use this proverb in Israel.
Context of Ezekiel 18:3
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel: ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’? As I live” — this is the declaration of the Lord God — “you will no longer use this proverb in Israel. 4Look, every life belongs to me. The life of the father is like the life of the son — both belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die. 5“Suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
Read all of Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 18:3 word by word
חַי־אָ֕נִי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה אִם־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם ע֗וֹד מְשֹׁ֛ל הַמָּשָׁ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:3
- Ezekiel 18:19But you may ask, ‘Why doesn’t the son suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity? ’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all my statutes, he will certainly live.
- Ezekiel 33:11Tell them, ‘As I live — this is the declaration of the Lord God — I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel?’
- Ezekiel 36:31“‘You will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable practices.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel - I will now, by this present declaration, settle this question for ever. And hence God has sworn to what follows. After this, who will dare to doubt the judgment pronounced?Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The Lord's response to the proverb of Ezekiel 18:1–2 was to clearly state that it did not apply to this situation. Instead, the Lord always punishes only the guilty (Deuteronomy 24:16). God is always fair and just.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb--because I will let it be seen by the whole world in the very fact that you are not righteous, as ye fancy yourselves, but wicked, and that you suffer only the just penalty of your guilt; while the elect righteous remnant alone escapes.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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