Ezekiel 3:17-18

A Watchman for Israel

¹⁷ _t "Son of man, _u I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall _v give them warning from me. ¹⁸ _w If I say to the wicked, _x 'You shall surely die,' _v and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person _y shall die for ₁ his iniquity, _z but his blood I will require at your hand.

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 2:1
   And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
   
2. Cross References
   Ezekiel 33:7
   So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
   Isaiah 52:8
   The voice of your watchmen - they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion.
   Isaiah 56:10
   His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
   Jeremiah 6:17
   I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not pay attention.
   Hebrews 13:17
   Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 19:10
   Whenever a case comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or rules, then you shall warn them, that they may not incur guilt before the Lord and wrath may not come upon you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt.
   2 Kings 6:10
   And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God told him. Thus he used to warn him, so that he saved himself there more than once or twice.
   Ezekiel 3:18 - 21
   If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
   Ezekiel 33:4 - 6
   Then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
   
4. Cross References
   Ezekiel 33:8
   If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
   
5. Cross References
   Genesis 2:17
   But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
   
6. Cross References
   Ezekiel 3:17
   Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
   
7. Cross References
   Ezekiel 18:18
   As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.
   Jeremiah 31:30
   But everyone shall die for his own sin. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
   John 8:21
   So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
   John 8:24
   I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
   
8. Cross References
   Ezekiel 3:20
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   Ezekiel 33:6
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   Ezekiel 33:8
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   Ezekiel 34:10
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   Ezekiel 18:13
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   Acts 18:6
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   Acts 20:26
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