Bible Strands
Ezekiel 33:20
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the exiled house of Israel through Ezekiel prior to the arrival of a fugitive reporting Jerusalem’s capture.
The words — אֶשְׁפּ֥וֹט ('esh.Pot) = I will judge [H8199] and דֶּ֣רֶךְ (De.rekh) = [the] way of [H1870] anchor the verse’s declaration of impartial assessment.
The thread — This theme of divine repayment according to human conduct appears in Matthew 16:27, Ezekiel 18:25, and Psalms 62:12.
Why it lands — The text demands readers abandon claims of divine unfairness and accept that their own conduct determines their outcome.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Cross-references
- Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Ezekiel 18:25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
- Psalms 62:12 and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
- Proverbs 19:3 A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Ezekiel 18:29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
- Ezekiel 33:17 Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
- John 5:29 and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.