Ezechiël 18:3

3 Zo waarachtig als Ik leef, spreekt de Heere HEERE, zo het ulieden meer gebeuren zal, dit spreekwoord in Israel te gebruiken!

Ezechiël 18:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 18:3

[As] I live, saith the Lord God
This is a form of an oath; the Lord here swears by his life, by himself, because he could swear by no greater, ( Hebrews 6:13 ) ; and it expresses how displeased he was with the above proverb, and how much he resented it, as well as the certainty of what follows; which, it might be depended on, would be assuredly done, since the Lord not only said it, but swore unto it: ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel;
signifying that he would no longer defer the execution of his judgments, but immediately bring them upon them; so that or the future there would be no use of the proverb; no occasion to make mention of it in the next generation; and, moreover, that he would make it so manifest to themselves and others, by his dealings with them, that it should be seen, and known, and acknowledged by all, that it was for their own sins and transgressions that they were visited and corrected.

Ezechiël 18:3 In-Context

1 Verder geschiedde des HEEREN woord tot mij, zeggende:

2 Wat is ulieden, dat gij dit spreekwoord gebruikt van het land Israels, zeggende: De vaders hebben onrijpe druiven gegeten, en de tanden der kinderen zijn stomp geworden?

3 Zo waarachtig als Ik leef, spreekt de Heere HEERE, zo het ulieden meer gebeuren zal, dit spreekwoord in Israel te gebruiken!

4 Ziet, alle zielen zijn Mijne; gelijk de ziel des vaders, alzo ook de ziel des zoons, zijn Mijne; de ziel, die zondigt, die zal sterven.

5 Wanneer nu iemand rechtvaardig is, en doet recht en gerechtigheid;