New American Standard Bible 1995

Ezekiel 33:21-29

21Now 1in the 2twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the 3refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “4The city has been 5taken.” 22Now the 6hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the 7refugees came. And He 8opened my mouth 9at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was 10opened and I was no longer 11speechless.

23Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, 24“Son of man, they who 12live in these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, ‘13Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to 14us who are many the land has been given as a possession.’ 25Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “You eat meat with the 15blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. 16Should you then possess the land? 26You 17 18rely on your sword, you commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?”’ 27Thus you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will 19fall by the sword, and whoever is in the 20open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the 21caves will die of pestilence. 28I will 22make the land a desolation and a waste, and the 23pride of her power will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through. 29Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’

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Notes

1. Ezekiel 33:21 Ezek 31:1; 32:1, 17 ↩
2. Ezekiel 33:21 Jer 39:1, 2; 40:1; 52:4-7; Ezek 24:1, 2 ↩
3. Ezekiel 33:21 Or refugee ↩
4. Ezekiel 33:21 2 Kin 25:10; Jer 39:8 ↩
5. Ezekiel 33:21 Lit smitten ↩
6. Ezekiel 33:22 Ezek 1:3; 8:1; 37:1 ↩
7. Ezekiel 33:22 Lit refugee ↩
8. Ezekiel 33:22 Ezek 3:26, 27; 24:27 ↩
9. Ezekiel 33:22 Lit until he came ↩
10. Ezekiel 33:22 Luke 1:64 ↩
11. Ezekiel 33:22 Or mute ↩
12. Ezekiel 33:24 Jer 39:10; 40:7; Ezek 33:27 ↩
13. Ezekiel 33:24 Is 51:2; Luke 3:8; Acts 7:5; Rom 4:12 ↩
14. Ezekiel 33:24 Ezek 11:15 ↩
15. Ezekiel 33:25 Lev 17:10, 12, 14; Deut 12:16, 23; 15:23 ↩
16. Ezekiel 33:25 Jer 7:9, 10 ↩
17. Ezekiel 33:26 Lit stand ↩
18. Ezekiel 33:26 Mic 2:1, 2; Zeph 3:3 ↩
19. Ezekiel 33:27 Jer 15:2, 3; 42:22; Ezek 5:12 ↩
20. Ezekiel 33:27 Lit surface of the field ↩
21. Ezekiel 33:27 1 Sam 13:6; Is 2:19 ↩
22. Ezekiel 33:28 Ezek 5:14; 6:14; Mic 7:13 ↩
23. Ezekiel 33:28 Ezek 7:24; 24:21; 30:6 ↩

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