Ezequiel 33:10

10 »Hijo de hombre, diles a los israelitas: “Ustedes dicen: ‘Nuestras rebeliones y nuestros pecados pesan sobre nosotros, y nos estamos consumiendo en vida. ¿Cómo podremos vivir?’”

Ezequiel 33:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:10

Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel,
&c.] Such of them as were with him in the captivity: thus ye speak, saying; reasoning and arguing within and among themselves; which the Lord heard, and made known to the prophet, who is bid to repeat it to them in order to give an answer: if our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in
them;
as the prophet said they should, ( Ezekiel 24:23 ) , with which he had concluded his prophecies to them; and now they take it up, and argue against themselves, and against him; if our sins and transgressions are laid upon us, and we must answer for them; if the guilt of them is charged on us, and they are unexpiated and unatoned for; and the punishment of them is, or will be, inflicted on us, and we do, and must pine away, and be consumed in them, and by them: how should we then live?
as thou promisest us upon repentance; it is all over with us; there is no hope for us; what signify our repentance, or thy promises of life unto us? these things can never hang together, that we should live, and yet pine away in our sins; so that these are the words of persons both despairing, and making the prophet to say things opposite and contradictory, and which would not admit of a reconciliation; see ( Ezekiel 37:11 ) .

Ezequiel 33:10 In-Context

8 Cuando yo le diga al malvado: “¡Vas a morir!”, si tú no le adviertes que cambie su mala conducta, el malvado morirá por su pecado, pero a ti te pediré cuentas de su sangre.

9 En cambio, si le adviertes al malvado que cambie su mala conducta, y no lo hace, él morirá por su pecado pero tú habrás salvado tu vida.

10 »Hijo de hombre, diles a los israelitas: “Ustedes dicen: ‘Nuestras rebeliones y nuestros pecados pesan sobre nosotros, y nos estamos consumiendo en vida. ¿Cómo podremos vivir?’”

11 Diles: “Tan cierto como que yo vivo —afirma el SEÑOR omnipotente—, que no me alegro con la muerte del malvado, sino con que se convierta de su mala conducta y viva. ¡Conviértete, pueblo de Israel; conviértete de tu conducta perversa! ¿Por qué habrás de morir?”

12 »Tú, hijo de hombre, diles a los hijos de tu pueblo: “Al justo no lo salvará su propia justicia si comete algún pecado; y la maldad del impío no le será motivo de tropiezo si se convierte. Si el justo peca, no se podrá salvar por su justicia anterior.