Ezequiel 33:31

31 E eles vêm a ti, como o povo costuma vir, e se assentam diante de ti como meu povo, e ouvem as tuas palavras, mas não as põem por obra; pois com a sua boca professam muito amor, mas o seu coração vai após o lucro.

Ezequiel 33:31 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come unto thee as the people cometh
As the people of God, who came to the prophets's house to hear him preach the word, and explain it for their spiritual profit and edification these came when they did, and as early and constantly, and with seeming pleasure: and they sit before thee as my people;
with great decency and reverence, and very gravely and demurely, and with seeming devotion, and stay the time out till the whole service is over; as scholars sit at the feet of their masters, to hear and learn their doctrines. So the Targum,

``and they come unto thee as the men the disciples come:''

and they hear thy words, but they will not do them;
they gave him the hearing, and seemed attentive, but did not understand what they heard, at least did not put it in practice; they were only hearers, and not doers of the word, and like to the foolish man in ( Matthew 7:26 Matthew 7:27 ) : for with their mouth they show much love:
by the motions of their lips while hearing, and other gestures, as well as by what they said afterwards, they seemed pleased and delighted with what they heard; made huge encomiums upon it, and spoke much in the praise of the preacher. The Targum is the reverse,

``they made game with their mouth.''

But their heart goeth after their covetousness;

``after the money they had taken away by force,''

as the Targum; after the world, and the things of it; after their secular affairs, so that they wished the sermon over, that they might be at them; or, however, did not so diligently attend to what was said, but the cares of the world choked the word, and made it unfruitful to them; these were like the seed that fell among thorns, the thorny ground hearers, ( Matthew 13:22 ) ( Amos 8:5 ) .

Ezequiel 33:31 In-Context

29 Então saberão que eu sou o Senhor, quando eu tornar a terra em desolação e espanto, por causa de todas as abominações que cometeram.

30 Quanto a ti, ó filho do homem, os filhos do teu povo falam de ti junto �s paredes e nas portas das casas; e fala um com o outro, cada qual a seu irmão, dizendo: Vinde, peço-vos, e ouvi qual seja a palavra que procede do Senhor.

31 E eles vêm a ti, como o povo costuma vir, e se assentam diante de ti como meu povo, e ouvem as tuas palavras, mas não as põem por obra; pois com a sua boca professam muito amor, mas o seu coração vai após o lucro.

32 E eis que tu és para eles como uma canção de amores, canção de quem tem voz suave, e que bem tange; porque ouvem as tuas palavras, mas não as põem por obra.

33 Quando suceder isso (e há de suceder), saberão que houve no meio deles um profeta.