Ezequiel 33:31

31 Y se te acercan en masa, y se sientan delante de ti y escuchan tus palabras, pero luego no las practican. Me halagan de labios para afuera, pero después solo buscan las ganancias injustas.

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 cuando yo deje a este país como un desierto desolado por culpa de los actos detestables que ellos cometieron, sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR”.

30 »En cuanto a ti, hijo de hombre, los de tu pueblo hablan de ti junto a los muros y en las puertas de las casas, y se dicen unos a otros: “Vamos a escuchar el mensaje que nos envía el SEÑOR”.

31 Y se te acercan en masa, y se sientan delante de ti y escuchan tus palabras, pero luego no las practican. Me halagan de labios para afuera, pero después solo buscan las ganancias injustas.

32 En realidad, tú eres para ellos tan solo alguien que entona canciones de amor con una voz hermosa, y que toca bien un instrumento; oyen tus palabras, pero no las ponen en práctica.

33 No obstante, cuando todo esto suceda —y en verdad está a punto de cumplirse—, sabrán que hubo un profeta entre ellos».