Ezekiel 18 · Verse 31

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 18:31, King James Version

Ezekiel 18:31 in other translations

BSB	Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
WEB	Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, house of Israel?
ASV	Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
YLT	Cast from off you all your transgressions, By which ye have transgressed, And make to you a new heart, and a new spirit, And why do ye die, O house of Israel?
DARBY	Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel?
BBE	Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?
Webster	Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

What does Ezekiel 18:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 18:30-32

30-32. As God is to judge them "according to their ways" (Pr 1:31), their only hope is to "repent"; and this is a sure hope, for God takes no delight in judging them in wrath, but graciously desires their salvation on repentance. I will judge you--Though ye cavil, it is a sufficient answer that I, your Judge, declare it so, and will judge you according to My will; and then your cavils must end. Repent--inward…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 31 Cast away - With a holy violence, dash away every transgression and incentive to it. Make you a new heart - Call upon God for it, and he will give it: for as sure as you earnestly call on God through Christ to save you, so surely you shall be saved; and the effect will so speedily follow, that God is pleased to attribute that in some sort to yourselves, which is done by his grace alone; because ye earnestly call upon him for it, come in the right way to receive it, and are determined never to rest till you have it. For why will ye die - Who should you go to hell while the kingdom of God is open to receive you? Why should you be the devil's slaves, when ye may be Christ's freemen! Why Will Ye Die? Every word is emphatic. Why - show God or man one reason. Will - obstinacy alone, - a determination not to be saved, or a voluntary listlessness about salvation, - can prevent you. Ye - children of so many mercies, fed and supported by a kind God all your life; ye, who are redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ; ye, who have made many promises to give up yourselves to God; ye, who have been dedicated to the ever-blessed Trinity, and promised to renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh; why will Ye die? Die! - what is this? A separation from God and the glory of his power for ever! Die! - forfeiting all the purposes for which your immortal souls were made! Die - to know what the worm is that never dieth, and what that fire is which is never quenched! Why will ye die?

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 18:30-32

The Lord will judge each of the Israelites according to his ways. On this is grounded an exhortation to repent, and to make them a new heart and a new spirit. God does not command what cannot be done, but admonishes us to do what is in our power, and to pray for what is not. Ordinances and means are appointed, directions and promises are given, that those who desire this change may seek it from God.

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Ezekiel 18:31 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַשְׁלִ֣יכוּhash.Li.khuthrow awayH7993

מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֗םme.'a.lei.Khemfrom with <the> youH5921

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

כָּל\־kol-allH3605

פִּשְׁעֵיכֶם֙pish.'ei.Khemtransgressions yourH6588

אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834

פְּשַׁעְתֶּ֣םpe.sha'.Temyou have transgressedH6586

בָּ֔םBamby them

וַעֲשׂ֥וּva.'a.Suand makeH6213

לָכֶ֛םla.Khemfor yourselves

לֵ֥בleva heartH3820

חָדָ֖שׁcha.DashnewH2319

וְר֣וּחַve.Ru.achand a spiritH7307

חֲדָשָׁ֑הcha.da.ShahnewH2319

וְלָ֥מָּהve.La.mahand <to> why?H4100

תָמֻ֖תוּta.Mu.tuwill you dieH4191

בֵּ֥יתbeitO house ofH1004

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 18:31

Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Ezekiel 36:26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Romans 8:13
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Isaiah 1:16-17
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
1 Peter 2:1
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Colossians 3:5-9
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. …
Ephesians 4:22-32
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. …
Deuteronomy 30:15
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Cast.
20:7; Ps 34:14; Isa 1:16,17; 30:22; 55:7; Ro 8:13; Eph 4:22-32
Col 3:5-9; Jas 1:21; 1Pe 1:14; 2:1; 4:2-4
make.
11:19; 36:26; Ps 51:10; Jer 32:39; Mt 12:33; 23:26; Ac 3:19; Ro 8:13
Ro 12:2; Jas 4:8; 1Pe 1:22
for why.
33:11; De 30:15,19; Pr 8:36; Jer 21:8; 27:15; Ac 13:46

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Context

Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

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Ezekiel 18:31 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Echad de vosotros todas vuestras iniquidades con que habéis prevaricado, y haceos corazón nuevo y espíritu nuevo. ¿Y por qué moriréis, casa de Israel?
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Jetez loin de vous toutes vos transgressions dans lesquelles vous vous êtes rebellés, et faites-vous un cœur nouveau et un esprit nouveau; et pourquoi mourriez-vous, maison d’Israël?
German Elberfelder 1871	werfet von euch alle eure Übertretungen, womit ihr übertreten habt, und schaffet euch ein neues Herz und einen neuen Geist! denn warum wollt ihr sterben, Haus Israel?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Projicite a vobis omnes prævaricationes vestras in quibus prævaricati estis, et facite vobis cor novum, et spiritum novum: et quare moriemini, domus Israël?