Ezekiel 33 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ^[2] “Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them, ‘When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman, ^[3] if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people, ^[4] then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and doesn’t heed the warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. ^[5] He heard the sound of the trumpet and didn’t take warning. His blood will be on him; whereas if he had heeded the warning, he would have delivered his soul. ^[6] But if the watchman sees the sword come and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’ ^[7] “So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warnings from me. ^[8] When I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand. ^[9] Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn’t turn from his way; he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul. ^[10] “You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: ‘You say this, “Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?” ’ ^[11] Tell them, ‘ “As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?” ’ ^[12] “You, son of man, tell the children of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his disobedience. And as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins. ^[13] When I tell the righteous that he will surely live, if he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but he will die in his iniquity that he has committed. ^[14] Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die,” if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right, ^[15] if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he will surely live. He will not die. ^[16] None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right. He will surely live. ^[17] “ ‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair. ^[18] When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein. ^[19] When the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it. ^[20] Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’ ” ^[21] In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been defeated!” ^[22] Now Yahweh’s hand had been on me in the evening, before he who had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute. ^[23] Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ^[24] “Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in 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.’ ^[25] Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land? ^[26] You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. So should you possess the land?” ’ ^[27] “You shall tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give whoever is in the open field to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence. ^[28] I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through. ^[29] Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.” ’ ^[30] “As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak to one another, everyone to his brother, saying, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes out from Yahweh.’ ^[31] They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. ^[32] Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them. ^[33] “When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

King James Version

^[1] Again the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came unto me, saying,H559(QalInf) ^[2] SonH1121 of man,H120 speakH1696(PielImpv) to the childrenH1121 of thy people,H5971 and sayH559(QalPerf) unto them, When I bringH935(HiphImpf) the swordH2719 upon a land,H776 if the peopleH5971 of the landH776 takeH3947(QalPerf) aH259 manH376 of their coasts,H7097 and setH5414(QalPerf) him for their watchman:H6822(QalActPtc) ^[3] If when he seethH7200(QalPerf) the swordH2719 comeH935(QalActPtc) upon the land,H776 he blowH8628(QalPerf) the trumpet,H7782 and warnH2094(HiphPerf) the people;H5971 ^[4] Then whosoeverH8085(QalActPtc) hearethH8085(QalPerf) the soundH6963 of the trumpet,H7782 and taketh not warning;H2094(NiphPtc) if the swordH2719 come,H935(QalImpf) and take him away,H3947(QalImpf) his bloodH1818 shall be upon his own head.H7218 ^[5] He heardH8085(QalPerf) the soundH6963 of the trumpet,H7782 and took not warning;H2094(NiphPtc) his bloodH1818 shall be upon him. But he that taketh warningH2094(NiphPtc) shall deliverH4422(PielPerf) his soul.H5315 ^[6] But if the watchmanH6822(QalActPtc) seeH7200(QalImpf) the swordH2719 come,H935(QalActPtc) and blowH8628(QalPerf) not the trumpet,H7782 and the peopleH5971 be not warned;H2094(NiphPtc) if the swordH2719 come,H935(QalImpf) and takeH3947(QalImpf) [any] personH5315 from among them, he is taken awayH3947(NiphPerf) in his iniquity;H5771 but his bloodH1818 will I requireH1875(QalImpf) at the watchman’sH6822(QalActPtc) hand.H3027 ^[7] So thou, O sonH1121 of man,H120 I have setH5414(QalPerf) thee a watchmanH6822(QalActPtc) unto the houseH1004 of Israel;H3478 therefore thou shalt hearH8085(QalPerf) the wordH1697 at my mouth,H6310 and warnH2094(HiphPerf) them from me. ^[8] When I sayH559(QalInf) unto the wicked,H7563 O wickedH7563 [man], thou shalt surelyH4191(QalInf) die;H4191(QalImpf) if thou dost not speakH1696(PielPerf) to warnH2094(HiphInf) the wickedH7563 from his way,H1870 that wickedH7563 [man] shall dieH4191(QalImpf) in his iniquity;H5771 but his bloodH1818 will I requireH1245(PielImpf) at thine hand.H3027 ^[9] Nevertheless, if thou warnH2094(HiphPerf) the wickedH7563 of his wayH1870 to turnH7725(QalInf) from it; if he do not turnH7725(QalPerf) from his way,H1870 he shall dieH4191(QalImpf) in his iniquity;H5771 but thou hast deliveredH5337(HiphPerf) thy soul.H5315 ^[10] Therefore, O thou sonH1121 of man,H120 speakH559(QalImpv) unto the houseH1004 of Israel;H3478 Thus ye speak,H559(QalPerf) saying,H559(QalInf) If our transgressionsH6588 and our sinsH2403 [be] upon us, and we pine awayH4743(NiphPtc) in them, how should we then live?H2421(QalImpf) ^[11] SayH559(QalImpv) unto them, [As] I live,H2416 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH136 God,H3069 I have no pleasureH2654(QalImpf) in the deathH4194 of the wicked;H7563 but that the wickedH7563 turnH7725(QalInf) from his wayH1870 and live:H2421(QalPerf) turnH7725(QalImpv) ye, turnH7725(QalImpv) ye from your evilH7451 ways;H1870 for why will ye die,H4191(QalImpf) O houseH1004 of Israel?H3478 ^[12] Therefore, thou sonH1121 of man,H120 sayH559(QalImpv) unto the childrenH1121 of thy people,H5971 The righteousnessH6666 of the righteousH6662 shall not deliverH5337(HiphImpf) him in the dayH3117 of his transgression:H6588 as for the wickednessH7564 of the wicked,H7563 he shall not fallH3782(NiphImpf) thereby in the dayH3117 that he turnethH7725(QalInf) from his wickedness;H7562 neither shall the righteousH6662 be ableH3201(QalImpf) to liveH2421(QalInf) for his [righteousness] in the dayH3117 that he sinneth.H2398(QalInf) ^[13] When I shall sayH559(QalInf) to the righteous,H6662 [that] he shall surelyH2421(QalInf) live;H2421(QalImpf) if he trustH982(QalPerf) to his own righteousness,H6666 and commitH6213(QalPerf) iniquity,H5766 all his righteousnessesH6666 shall not be remembered;H2142(NiphImpf) but for his iniquityH5766 that he hath committed,H6213(QalPerf) he shall dieH4191(QalImpf) for it. ^[14] Again, when I sayH559(QalInf) unto the wicked,H7563 Thou shalt surelyH4191(QalInf) die;H4191(QalImpf) if he turnH7725(QalPerf) from his sin,H2403 and doH6213(QalPerf) that which is lawfulH4941 and right;H6666 ^[15] [If] the wickedH7563 restoreH7725(HiphImpf) the pledge,H2258 give againH7999(PielImpf) that he had robbed,H1500 walkH1980(QalPerf) in the statutesH2708 of life,H2416 without committingH6213(QalInf) iniquity;H5766 he shall surelyH2421(QalInf) live,H2421(QalImpf) he shall not die.H4191(QalImpf) ^[16] None of his sinsH2403 that he hath committedH2398(QalPerf) shall be mentionedH2142(NiphImpf) unto him: he hath doneH6213(QalPerf) that which is lawfulH4941 and right;H6666 he shall surelyH2421(QalInf) live.H2421(QalImpf) ^[17] Yet the childrenH1121 of thy peopleH5971 say,H559(QalPerf) The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is not equal:H8505(NiphImpf) but as for them, their wayH1870 is not equal.H8505(NiphImpf) ^[18] When the righteousH6662 turnethH7725(QalInf) from his righteousness,H6666 and committethH6213(QalPerf) iniquity,H5766 he shall even dieH4191(QalPerf) thereby. ^[19] But if the wickedH7563 turnH7725(QalInf) from his wickedness,H7564 and doH6213(QalPerf) that which is lawfulH4941 and right,H6666 he shall liveH2421(QalImpf) thereby. ^[20] Yet ye say,H559(QalPerf) The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is not equal.H8505(NiphImpf) O ye houseH1004 of Israel,H3478 I will judgeH8199(QalImpf) you every oneH376 after his ways.H1870 ^[21] And it came to pass in the twelfthH8147 yearH8141 of our captivity,H1546 in the tenthH6224 [month], in the fifthH2568 [day] of the month,H2320 [that] one that had escapedH6412 out of JerusalemH3389 cameH935(QalPerf) unto me, saying,H559(QalInf) The cityH5892 is smitten.H5221(HophPerf) ^[22] Now the handH3027 of the LordH3068 was upon me in the evening,H6153 aforeH6440 he that was escapedH6412 came;H935(QalInf) and had openedH6605(QalImpf) my mouth,H6310 until he cameH935(QalInf) to me in the morning;H1242 and my mouthH6310 was opened,H6605(NiphImpf) and I was no more dumb.H481(NiphPerf) ^[23] Then the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came unto me, saying,H559(QalInf) ^[24] SonH1121 of man,H120 they that inhabitH3427(QalActPtc) those wastesH2723 of the landH127 of IsraelH3478 speak,H559(QalActPtc) saying,H559(QalInf) AbrahamH85 was one,H259 and he inheritedH3423(QalImpf) the land:H776 but we [are] many;H7227 the landH776 is givenH5414(NiphPerf) us for inheritance.H4181 ^[25] Wherefore sayH559(QalImpv) unto them, Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 God;H3069 Ye eatH398(QalImpf) with the blood,H1818 and lift upH5375(QalImpf) your eyesH5869 toward your idols,H1544 and shedH8210(QalImpf) blood:H1818 and shall ye possessH3423(QalImpf) the land?H776 ^[26] Ye standH5975(QalPerf) upon your sword,H2719 ye workH6213(QalPerf) abomination,H8441 and ye defileH2930(PielPerf) every oneH376 his neighbour’sH7453 wife:H802 and shall ye possessH3423(QalImpf) the land?H776 ^[27] SayH559(QalImpf) thou thus unto them, Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 God;H3069 [As] I live,H2416 surely they that [are] in the wastesH2723 shall fallH5307(QalImpf) by the sword,H2719 and him that [is] in the openH6440 fieldH7704 will I giveH5414(QalPerf) to the beastsH2416 to be devoured,H398(QalInf) and they that [be] in the fortsH4679 and in the cavesH4631 shall dieH4191(QalImpf) of the pestilence.H1698 ^[28] For I will layH5414(QalPerf) the landH776 mostH4923 desolate,H8077 and the pompH1347 of her strengthH5797 shall cease;H7673(NiphPerf) and the mountainsH2022 of IsraelH3478 shall be desolate,H8074(QalPerf) that none shall pass through.H5674(QalActPtc) ^[29] Then shall they knowH3045(QalPerf) that I [am] the Lord,H3068 when I have laidH5414(QalInf) the landH776 mostH4923 desolateH8077 because of all their abominationsH8441 which they have committed.H6213(QalPerf) ^[30] Also, thou sonH1121 of man,H120 the childrenH1121 of thy peopleH5971 still are talkingH1696(NiphPtc) againstH681 thee by the wallsH7023 and in the doorsH6607 of the houses,H1004 and speakH1696(PielPerf) oneH2297 to another,H259 every oneH376 to his brother,H251 saying,H559(QalInf) Come,H935(QalImpv) I pray you, and hearH8085(QalImpv) what is the wordH1697 that cometh forthH3318(QalActPtc) from the Lord.H3068 ^[31] And they comeH935(QalImpf) unto thee as the peopleH5971 cometh,H3996 and they sitH3427(QalImpf) beforeH6440 thee [as] my people,H5971 and they hearH8085(QalPerf) thy words,H1697 but they will not doH6213(QalImpf) them: for with their mouthH6310 they shewH6213(QalActPtc) much love,H5690 [but] their heartH3820 goethH1980(QalActPtc) afterH310 their covetousness.H1215 ^[32] And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovelyH5690 songH7892 of one that hath a pleasantH3303 voice,H6963 and can play wellH2895(HiphPtc) on an instrument:H5059(PielInf) for they hearH8085(QalPerf) thy words,H1697 but they doH6213(QalActPtc) them not. ^[33] And when this cometh to pass,H935(QalInf) (lo, it will come,H935(QalActPtc)) then shall they knowH3045(QalPerf) that a prophetH5030 hath been amongH8432 them.

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