Ezequiel 33:31

31 Y vienen a ti como viene el pueblo, y se sientan delante de ti como pueblo mío, oyen tus palabras y no las hacen sino que siguen los deseos sensuales expresados por su boca, y sus corazones andan tras sus ganancias.

Ezequiel 33:31 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:31

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 Matthew 7:27 ) : 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 ) ( Amos 8:5 ) .

Ezequiel 33:31 In-Context

29 'Y sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR, cuando yo convierta la tierra en desolación y en soledad por todas las abominaciones que han cometido.'"

30 Pero en cuanto a ti, hijo de hombre, los hijos de tu pueblo hablan de ti junto a los muros y en las entradas de las casas; hablan el uno al otro, cada cual a su hermano, diciendo: Venid ahora, y oíd cual es la palabra que viene del SEÑOR.

31 Y vienen a ti como viene el pueblo, y se sientan delante de ti como pueblo mío, oyen tus palabras y no las hacen sino que siguen los deseos sensuales expresados por su boca, y sus corazones andan tras sus ganancias.

32 Y he aquí, tú eres para ellos como la canción de amor de uno que tiene una voz hermosa y toca bien un instrumento; oyen tus palabras, pero no las ponen en práctica.

33 Y cuando suceda, como ciertamente sucederá, sabrán que hubo un profeta en medio de ellos.