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Renewal of Ezekiel’s Call as Watchman
33:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
33:2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and
say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the
people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him
for their watchman:
33:3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow
the trumpet, and warn the people;
33:4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and
taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away,
his blood shall be upon his own head.
33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not
warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh
warning shall deliver his soul.
33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not
the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword
come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away
in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the
watchman's hand.
33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto
the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at
my mouth, and warn them from me.
33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt
surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from
his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his
blood will I require at thine hand.
33:9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to
turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die
in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of
Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our
sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we
then live?
33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have
no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked
turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil
ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of
thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not
deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the
wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the
day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the
righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day
that he sinneth.
33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall
surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and
commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be
remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he
shall die for it.
33:14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely
die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful
and right;
33:15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he
had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing
iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be
mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and
right; he shall surely live.
33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the
Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do
that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye
house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Jerusalem’s Fall
Explained
33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our
captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the
month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto
me, saying, The city is smitten.
33:22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening,
afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth,
until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened,
and I was no more dumb.
33:23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
33:24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the
land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he
inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us
for inheritance.
33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye
eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols,
and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye
defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess
the land?
33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As
I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the
sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the
beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in
the caves shall die of the pestilence.
33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp
of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel
shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have
laid the land most desolate because of all their
abominations which they have committed.
33:30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people
still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors
of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his
brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word
that cometh forth from the LORD.
33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and
they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words,
but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew
much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of
one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an
instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
33:33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,)
then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. |
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