Berean Standard Bible
Ezekiel 33:7-20
7As for youH859, O sonH1121 of manH120, I have madeH5414 you a watchmanH6822 for the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478; so hearH8085 the wordH1697 fromH4480 My mouthH6310 and give them the warning from MeH2094. 8If I sayH559 to the wickedH7563, ‘O wickedH7563 man, you will surely dieH4191,’ but you do notH3808 speak outH1696 to dissuadeH2094 himH7563 from his wayH1870, then thatH1931 wickedH7563 man will dieH4191 in his iniquityH5771, yet I will hold you accountable forH3027H1245 his bloodH1818. 9But ifH3588 youH859 warnH2094 the wickedH7563 man to turnH7725 from his wayH1870, and he does notH3808 turnH7725 from itH1870, heH1931 will dieH4191 in his iniquityH5771, but youH859 will have savedH5337 your lifeH5315.1
10Now as for youH859, sonH1121 of manH120, tellH559 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 that this is whatH3651 they have saidH559H3588: ‘Our transgressionsH6588 and our sinsH2403 are heavyH5921 upon us, and weH587 are wasting away because of themH4743! HowH349 can we liveH2421?’
11SayH559 to themH413: ‘As surely as IH589 liveH2416, declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069, I take noH518 pleasureH2654 in the deathH4194 of the wickedH7563, but ratherH3588H518 that the wickedH7563 should turnH7725 from their waysH1870 and liveH2421. TurnH7725! TurnH7725 from your evilH7451 waysH1870! For whyH4100 should you dieH4191, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478?’
12ThereforeH859, sonH1121 of manH120, sayH559 toH413 your peopleH1121H5971: ‘The righteousnessH6666 of the righteous manH6662 will notH3808 deliver himH5337 in the dayH3117 of his transgressionH6588; neitherH3808 will the wickednessH7564 of the wicked manH7563 cause him to stumbleH3782 on the dayH3117 he turnsH7725 from his wickednessH7562. Nor willH3808 the righteous manH6662 be ableH3201 to surviveH2421 by his righteousness on the dayH3117 he sinsH2398.’
13If I tellH559 the righteous manH6662 that he will surely liveH2421, but he thenH1931 trustsH982 inH5921 his righteousnessH6666 and commitsH6213 iniquityH5766, then noneH3605H3808 of his righteous worksH6666 will be rememberedH2142; he will dieH4191 because of the iniquityH5766 he has committedH6213.
14But if I tellH559 the wicked manH7563, ‘You will surely dieH4191,’ and he turnsH7725 from his sinH2403 and doesH6213 what is justH4941 and rightH6666— 15if heH7563 restoresH7725 a pledgeH2258, makes restitutionH7999 for what he has stolenH1500, and walksH1980 in the statutesH2708 of lifeH2416 withoutH1115 practicingH6213 iniquityH5766—then he will surely liveH2421; he will notH3808 dieH4191. 16NoneH3605H3808 of the sinsH2403 he has committedH2398 will be heldH2142 against him. He has doneH6213 what is justH4941 and rightH6666; he will surely liveH2421.
17Yet your peopleH1121H5971 sayH559, ‘The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is notH3808 justH8505.’ But it isH1992 their wayH1870 that is notH3808 justH8505. 18If a righteous manH6662 turnsH7725 from his righteousnessH6666 and commitsH6213 iniquityH5766, he will dieH4191 for it. 19But if a wicked manH7563 turnsH7725 from his wickednessH7564 and doesH6213 what is justH4941 and rightH6666, heH1931 will liveH2421 because of thisH5921.
20Yet you sayH559, ‘The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is notH3808 justH8505.’ But I will judgeH8199 eachH376 of youH853 according to his waysH1870, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478.”
Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 33:9 See Acts 20:25–26 ↩
Commentaries on Ezekiel 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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