Ezekiel 33:1-9

Ezekiel Is Israel's Watchman

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 t "Son of man, speak to u your people and say to them, If v I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their w watchman, 3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and x blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, y his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 z He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life. 6 a But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, a that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

7 b "So you, t son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. b Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 c If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, c and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, c that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 d But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, d that person shall die in his iniquity, e but you will have delivered your soul.

  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 33:12
    And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
    Ezekiel 33:17
    Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just.
    Ezekiel 33:30
    "As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, 'Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.'
    Ezekiel 3:11
    And go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God,' whether they hear or refuse to hear.
    Ezekiel 37:18
    And when your people say to you, 'Will you not tell us what you mean by these?
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:17
    Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast.
  4. Cross References
    Micah 7:4
    The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
  5. Cross References
    Amos 3:6
    Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:13
    Lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.
    Ezekiel 3:18
    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.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:19
    But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:18
    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.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:18
    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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:2
    Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:6
    But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:6
    But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:6
    But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:4
    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.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:4
    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.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:19
    But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
    1 Timothy 4:16
    Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
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