Ezekiel 33:30

Ezekiel 33:30 says, Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.  God also said that all the people were speaking against Ezekiel.  Those who professed to obey God would mock Ezekiel. They would ask Him to speak God’s word to them while still believing that what he was saying was wrong.  There are still many people today who profess to be followers of Christ who mock anyone who proclaims what God’s word says. 

Verse thirty-one adds, And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.  God continues to tell Ezekiel that the people would come and sit and hear what he had to say but that they would not do what he told them God said they needed to do.  They would pay lip service to what Ezekiel said, but they wouldn’t really believe what he said.  Once more, many people pay lip service to God today, but they don’t live by the leadership of the Holy Spirit.   

Verse thirty-two continues, And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.  God told Ezekiel that his words were like a lovely song, but they had no real meaning to the people of Israel.  They heard what he had to say, but it didn’t change how they acted.  Many people today may hear what preachers have to say and think that it sounds wonderful, but it doesn’t cause them to change the way they live by believing in God and His law.   

Verse thirty-three concludes, And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.  God told Ezekiel that when what he had been prophesying came to pass that the people would then know that there had been a prophet among them, but it would be too late to save them.  When Jesus Christ returns in judgment, everyone will know that what His people have been proclaiming is the truth, but it will be too late to do them any good.