Ezekiel 33:31 Cross References - Thomson

³¹ They come to thee as people assemble; and they sit before thee and hear thy words, but will not do them, because there is a lie in their mouth, and their heart goeth after their pollutions;

²⁸ And the Lord heard the sound of your words when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, I have heard the sound of the words of this people, even all that they have spoken to thee. All that they have said is right. ²⁹ O that they may have their heart so disposed in them as to fear me, and to keep my commandments continually, that it may be well with them, and their children for ever.

³⁶ though they expressed love for him with their mouth, they lied to him with their tongue, ³⁷ and their heart was not right with him, nor were they stedfast in his covenant.

¹³ Therefore the oracle of God will be to them" Affliction on affliction; hope on hope, yet a little while, yet a little while" that they may proceed on and fall backwards; and they shall be broken and snared and caught.

¹³ The Lord hath indeed said, [J] "This people draw near to me with their mouth; and with their lips they honour me; but their heart is far from me: and in vain do they worship me, teaching the commands and doctrines of men:

¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord, Stand in the highways and take a view and inquire for the ancient paths of the Lord, and see which is the good way and walk in it, and you shall find a purification for your souls: but they said, "We will not go." ¹⁷ I have set watchmen over you; hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, "We will not listen."

³³ Now if this people or a priest or a prophet should ask, "What is the burden of the Lord?" Thou shalt say to them, "You are that burden and I will cast you off, saith the Lord." ³⁴ As for the prophet and the priests and the people who say, "The burden of the Lord;" I will punish that man and his house. ³⁵ Thus you shall say every one to his neighbour and every one to his brother, "What hath the Lord answered," and, "What hath the Lord spoken." ³⁶ So mention no more the burden of the Lord: since every man's word shall be his burden. ³⁷ "But why hath the Lord our God spoken?" ³⁸ For this cause, saith the Lord our God, because you have used this expression, "The Burden of the Lord, "though I sent to you saying, You shall not say, "The Burden of the Lord."

¹ And when Jeremias^ had made an end of speaking all these words of the Lord to the people, even all the words which the Lord had sent him to speak to them, ² Azarias son of Maasias and Joanan son of Karae, and all the men who had spoken to Jeremias, said in reply, It is false. The Lord hath not sent thee to us, saying, You shall not go to Egypt to dwell there. ³ But Baruch son of Nerias setteth thee on against us, that thou mayst deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans to be put to death, or banished to Babylon. ⁴ So Joanan and all the generals of the army and all the people hearkened not to the voice of the Lord to dwell in the land of Juda. ⁵ And Joanan and all the generals of the army took all the remnant of Juda, who had returned to dwell in the land, ⁶ the men fit for war, and the women and the children which were left and the king's daughters, even all the souls which Nabusardan had left with Godolias son of Achikam, including Jeremias the prophet, and Baruch son of Nerias, and went to Egypt. ⁷ Because they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord, therefore when they came to Taphnas,

¹⁶ In regard to this word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord,

¹ Again in the sixth year in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month as I was sitting at home, and the elders of Juda, were sitting before me, the hand of the Lord came upon me.

¹ When some of the elders, principal men of the people of Israel, had come to me and were sitting before me

¹ And it came to pass in the seventh year, on the fifth month and tenth day of the month, that some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and while they were sitting before me ² a word of the Lord came to me, saying, ³ Son of man speak to the elders of the house of Israel and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord, Are you come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord, I will not answer you; ⁴ I will not, son of man, with avengement avenge them. Testify against them the iniquities of their fathers ⁵ and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord, from the day I chose the house of Israel; and was made known to the seed of the house of Jacob; and acknowledged by them in the land of Egypt; when I took hold of them with my hand, saying, I the Lord am your God,; ⁶ on the very day when I took hold of them with my hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt into the land which I had prepared for them; a land flowing with milk and honey; it is the honeycomb of the whole earth; ⁷ though I said to them let every one put away the abominations of his eyes and with the devices of Egypt be not polluted, I the Lord am your God; ⁸ yet they apostatized from me and would not hearken to me. They did not cast away the abominations of their eyes, nor did they utterly forsake the devices of Egypt; therefore I spoke of pouring out my wrath on them; of spending mine indignation on them in the midst of Egypt: ⁹ but that my name might not be altogether profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were, I did in their sight [those miracles] by which I was made known to them, in order to bring them out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰ So I led them into the wilderness; and gave them my statutes ¹¹ and made known to them my rules of rectitude, which if a man practise he shall live thereby; ¹² I gave them also my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them; that they might know that I the Lord am their sanctifier. ¹³ And I said to the house of Israel in the wilderness, "Walk in my statutes, "but they walked not. They rejected my rules of rectitude, which if a man practise he shall live by them; and they profaned my sabbaths exceedingly: whereupon I spoke of pouring out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to destroy them utterly: ¹⁴ But I acted so that my name should not be altogether profaned in the sight of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them out: ¹⁵ and I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness thus far; that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, [a land flowing with milk and honey: it is the honey comb of the whole earth] ¹⁶ because they had rejected my rules of rectitude, and had not walked in my statutes; but profaned my sabbaths, and had gone after the desires of their own heart. ¹⁷ But mine eye had compassion on them so as not to blot them out entirely; so I did not bring them to utter destruction in the wilderness. ¹⁸ Then I said to their children in the wilderness, walk not ye in the customs of your fathers, nor observe their rules of conduct; have no communication with their devices and be not polluted. ¹⁹ I the Lord am your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my rules of rectitude and practise them; ²⁰ and hallow my sabbaths and let them be a sign between me and you, that you acknowledge that I the Lord am your God. ²¹ But even these their children rebelled against me. In my statutes they did not walk, nor did they keep my rules of rectitude to practise them, which if a man do he shall live by them; and they profaned my sabbaths; therefore I spoke of pouring out my wrath upon them in the wilderness; of accomplishing mine indignation upon them. ²² But I acted so that my name should not be utterly profaned in the sight of the nations. As I had brought them out before their eyes, ²³ I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries. ²⁴ Because they did not practise my rules of rectitude, but rejected my statutes and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after the desires of their fathers; ²⁵ therefore I gave them statutes not morally good, and rules of conduct in which they could not entitle themselves to life by them, ²⁶ that I might by their own doctrinal notions pollute them, when I passed through all their first born males in order to remove them out of sight. ²⁷ Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, thus far your fathers provoked me to wrath, by their transgressions which they committed against me. ²⁸ And when I brought them into the land, which I lifted up my hand to give them; they beheld every high hill and every shady grove, and there they sacrificed to their gods; and there set in order the sweet smelling savour; and there poured out their libations. ²⁹ And when I said to them, What is this Abama, that you go thither, they called its name Abama. which it retaineth to this day. ³⁰ Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord if you are polluted with the iniquities of your fathers and you go a whoring after their abominations ³¹ even with the first fruits of your gifts; with those dedications? with which you are polluted by all your desires even to this day, shall I return you an answer, house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord, I will not answer you. ³² And though this should come into your mind it shall not be as you say, "We will be like the nations and like the tribes of the earth in worshipping stocks and stones."

²⁷ Its chiefs in the midst of it were like wolves, ravening prey, to the shedding of innocent blood, that they may glut their greediness.

²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for he will either hate one and love the other; or he will attend to one and neglect the other. You cannot serve God and a worldly temperent

²⁴ Therefore whoever heareth these words of mine and putteth them in practice, him I will compare to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ When the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, it did not fall, because it was founded on the rock. ²⁶ But whoever heareth these words of mine, and doth not put them in practice, may be compared to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ When the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; it fell, and great was the ruin thereof.

²² And that sown among thorns denoteth him, who heareth the word, but worldly care and the delusion of riches choak the word and it becometh unfruitful.

²² Upon hearing this word, the youth went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

⁴⁸ He is like a man building a house, who digged deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the current beat against that house, but could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. ⁴⁹ But he who hath heard and hath not practised, is like a man who built a house on the ground, without a foundation, against which the current beat impetuously, and presently it fell. And great was the ruin of that house.

²¹ he in reply, said to them, My mother and mv brethren are they who hear the word of God and do it.

³⁹ Now she had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the feet of Jesus and heard his discourse.

²⁸ Whereupon he said, Nay, rather happy they who hear the word of God and keep it.

¹⁵ Then he said to them, Take heed and be upon your guard against covetousness. For in what affluence soever a man may be, his life doth not depend on his possessions. ¹⁶ Then he spoke a parable to them saying, There was a certain rich man, whose ground produced plenteously. ¹⁷ Whereupon he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do; for I have not room to store my crops. ¹⁸ Then he said, I will do this. I will pull down my store houses and build larger, and there lay up all my produce and my good things. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast many good things laid up in store for many years: take thine ease; eat; drink; and be joyful. ²⁰ Whereupon God said to him; Fool, this very night this soul of thine will be demanded of thee. Whose then will those things be which thou hast provided? ²¹ Thus let every one [say] to himself who is heaping up treasure and is not rich for God.

¹⁴ When the Pharisees who loved money heard all these things they treated him with scorn.

³³ Therefore I sent to thee immediately and thou hast done well in coming. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God, to hear all that God hath given thee in charge.

⁵ For this you know that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor lewd libertine, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

⁹ But they who determine to be rich, fall headlong into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evil; to gratify which, some have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

²² and be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³ For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man viewing his natural face in a glass. ²⁴ For having viewed himself, and gone away, he instantly forgot what manner of person he was.

¹⁴ What is the advantage, my brethren, though one should say he hath belief, when he hath not works? Can that belief save him? ¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister be naked, or in want of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you should say to them, go in peace: be warmed, and be fed to the full; and you do not give them the things necessary for the body, is this any advantage?

¹⁷ Whosoever hath worldly substance, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? ¹⁸ My children, let us not love in word, and with the tongue, but in deed, and in truth.