Ezekiel 33
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Ezekiel 33:2-9

2“Son of man, speak to the 1sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman, 3and he sees the sword coming upon the land and 2blows the 3horn and warns the people, 4then 4someone who hears the sound of the horn but 5does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his 6blood will be on his own head. 5He heard the sound of the horn but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have 7saved his life. 6But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the horn and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is 8taken away for his wrongdoing; but I will 9require his 10blood from the watchman’s hand.’

7“Now as for you, son of man, I have 1112appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a 13message from My mouth and give them a 14warning from Me. 8When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will 15certainly die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked about his way, that wicked person shall die for his wrongdoing, but I will 16require his blood from your hand. 9But if you on your part warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he 17does not turn from his way, he will die for his wrongdoing, but you have 18saved your life.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 33:2 Ezek 3:11; 33:12, 17, 30; 37:18 ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 33:3 Neh 4:18-20; Is 58:1; Ezek 33:9; Hos 8:1; Joel 2:1 ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 33:3 Heb shofar; i.e., ram’s horn ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 33:4 Lit the one who hears the sound...hears it but ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 33:4 2 Chr 25:16; Jer 6:17; Zech 1:4 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 33:4 Ezek 18:13; 33:5, 9; Acts 18:6 ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 33:5 Ex 9:19-21; Heb 11:7 ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 33:6 Ezek 18:20, 24; 33:8, 9 ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 33:6 I.e., hold the watchman responsible ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 33:6 Ezek 3:18, 20 ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 33:7 Or given ↩
  12. 12. Ezekiel 33:7 Is 62:6; Ezek 3:17-21 ↩
  13. 13. Ezekiel 33:7 Lit word ↩
  14. 14. Ezekiel 33:7 Jer 1:17; 26:2; Ezek 2:7, 8; Acts 5:20 ↩
  15. 15. Ezekiel 33:8 Is 3:11; Ezek 18:4, 13, 18, 20; 33:14 ↩
  16. 16. Ezekiel 33:8 I.e., hold you responsible ↩
  17. 17. Ezekiel 33:9 Acts 13:40, 41, 46 ↩
  18. 18. Ezekiel 33:9 Ezek 3:19, 21; Acts 20:26 ↩

Commentaries on Ezekiel 33

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