Ezekiel 24:14
in Ezekiel 24I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.
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This verse in Ezekiel 24
Commentary
7 notes on this verseGod hath said it, and he will do it. Note, The declarations of God's wrath against sinners are as inviolable as the assurances he has given of favour to his people; and the case of such is sad indeed, who have brought it to this issue, that either God must be false or they must be damned.
This site's exposition
I will even make the pile for fire great
on Ezekiel 24:9-14
The fire is built greater still, the bones themselves burned. Keil reads the escalation from cooking to scorching the empty vessel as the point where the metaphor gives out. Henry notes the chapter's most severe line, I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent.
This site's exposition
according to your ways and deeds
The LORD has spoken, and three short refusals close off any hope of delay. Henry wrote that God's words of wrath stand as firm as His promises of favour. The city is judged by its own ways and deeds.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 24, Verse 1 onwards) Then in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Because she is incurably wicked she is abandoned to ruin, without remedy. First, Methods and means of reformation had been tried in vain (
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I the Lord have spoken it; it shall come to pass,....
By the sign of Ezekiel's not mourning for the death of his wife is shown that the calamities coming upon Jerusalem were too great to be lamented, so great that they should sink down under them into a silent despair,
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
With your defilement With defilement of lewdness you will perish.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲנִ֨י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| דִּבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ | dibarti | I have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בָּאָ֣ה | baah | [it is] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֔יתִי | veasiti | and I will act | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶפְרַ֥ע | ʾefra' | I will refrain | H6544 → | |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אָח֖וּס | ʾachus | I will have compassion | H2347 → | 24 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶנָּחֵ֑ם | ʾenachem | I will have pity | H5162 → | 108 times |
| כִּדְרָכַ֤יִךְ | kidrakhayikh | according to ways your | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וְכַעֲלִילוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ | vekhaalilotayikh | and according to practices your | H5949 → | 24 times |
| שְׁפָט֔וּךְ | shefatukh | they have judged you | H8199 → | 202 times |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהֹוִֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
אֲנִ֨יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
דִּבַּ֙רְתִּי֙I have spoken
dibartiH1696 →1141 times
בָּאָ֣ה[it is] coming
baahH935 →2568 times
וְעָשִׂ֔יתִיand I will act
veasitiH6213 →2628 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֶפְרַ֥עI will refrain
ʾefra'H6544 →
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
אָח֖וּסI will have compassion
ʾachusH2347 →24 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
אֶנָּחֵ֑םI will have pity
ʾenachemH5162 →108 times
כִּדְרָכַ֤יִךְaccording to ways your
kidrakhayikhH1870 →707 times
וְכַעֲלִילוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙and according to practices your
vekhaalilotayikhH5949 →24 times
שְׁפָט֔וּךְthey have judged you
shefatukhH8199 →202 times
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהֹוִֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 55:11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
it leads to
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Isaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
- John 6:63
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- Isaiah 45:23
By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
- Matthew 24:35
Through
Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
it leads to
- Psalms 62:12
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Romans 2:6
God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Psalms 62:12
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.