Ezekiel · Majority Standard Bible
Ezekiel 33 Majority Standard Bible
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2 “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
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,
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3 and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.
3 if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
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4 Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
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.
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5 Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
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.
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6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
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.’
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7 As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.
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.
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8 If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.
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.
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9 But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
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.
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10 Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
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?”’
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11 Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
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?”’
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12 Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’
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.
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13 If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
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.
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14 But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
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,
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15 if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
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.
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16 None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.
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.
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17 Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
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.
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18 If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein.
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19 But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
19 When the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
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20 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
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.’”
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21 In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
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!”
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22 Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
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.
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24 “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
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.’
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25 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
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?
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26 You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then 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?”’
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27 Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
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.
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28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.
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.
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29 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’
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.”’
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30 As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
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.’
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31 So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
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.
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32 Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.
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.
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33 So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
33 “When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
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Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Ezekiel 33:30; Ezekiel 33:17; Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 3:27
- 3 Hosea 8:1; Nehemiah 4:20; Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 4:5; Joel 2:1
- 4 Ezekiel 18:13; Acts 18:6; Ezekiel 33:9; Jeremiah 6:17; 2 Chronicles 25:16
- 5 Hebrews 11:7; Exodus 9:19–21; John 8:39; Hebrews 2:1–3; 2 Kings 6:10
- 6 Ezekiel 3:18–20; Genesis 42:22; 2 Samuel 4:11; Ezekiel 33:8–9; Ezekiel 18:20
- 7 Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 3:17–21; Ezekiel 2:7–8; Hebrews 13:17; Acts 5:20
- 8 Acts 20:26–27; Ezekiel 33:6; Ezekiel 33:14; Ezekiel 18:4; Genesis 3:4
- 9 Ezekiel 3:19; Acts 20:26; Proverbs 15:10; Ezekiel 3:21; Acts 28:23–28
- 10 Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 49:14; Ezekiel 24:23; Leviticus 26:39; Ezekiel 4:17
- 11 1 Timothy 2:4; Ezekiel 18:23; 2 Peter 3:9; Isaiah 55:6–7; Acts 3:19
- 12 Ezekiel 33:18–19; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Romans 3:25; Ezekiel 33:2; 1 Kings 8:48–50
- 13 Ezekiel 18:24; Hebrews 10:38; Ezekiel 18:4; Luke 18:9–14; Ezekiel 3:20
- 14 Ezekiel 18:27; Jeremiah 18:7–8; Ezekiel 33:8; Hosea 14:1; Isaiah 55:7
- 15 Ezekiel 20:11; Luke 19:8; Exodus 22:1–4; Leviticus 6:2–5; Ezekiel 18:7
- 16 Ezekiel 18:22; Isaiah 43:25; Micah 7:18–19; Romans 5:16; Isaiah 1:18
- 17 Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Matthew 25:24–26; Job 35:2; Job 40:8
- 18 Ezekiel 33:12–13; Hebrews 10:38; 2 Peter 2:20–22; Ezekiel 18:26–27; Ezekiel 3:20
- 19 Ezekiel 18:27–28; Ezekiel 33:14
- 20 Matthew 16:27; Ezekiel 18:25; Psalm 62:12; Revelation 20:12–15; Proverbs 19:3
- 21 Ezekiel 1:2; 2 Kings 24:4–7; Jeremiah 39:1–8; Ezekiel 24:26–27; Ezekiel 32:1
- 22 Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:26–27; Ezekiel 24:26–27; Ezekiel 37:1; Luke 1:64
- 24 Isaiah 51:2; Ezekiel 33:27; Acts 7:5; Jeremiah 40:7; Ezekiel 36:4
- 25 Jeremiah 7:9–10; Deuteronomy 12:16; Genesis 9:4; Ezekiel 22:6; Leviticus 3:17
- 26 Micah 2:1–2; Genesis 27:40; Zephaniah 3:3; Ezekiel 18:11–12; 1 Peter 4:3
- 27 1 Samuel 13:6; Jeremiah 42:22; Ezekiel 39:4; Jeremiah 41:9; Jeremiah 15:2–4
- 28 Ezekiel 7:24; Jeremiah 44:22; Ezekiel 24:21; Micah 7:13; Jeremiah 44:6
- 29 Ezekiel 6:7; 2 Chronicles 36:14–17; Exodus 14:18; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 23:49
- 30 Isaiah 58:2; Matthew 15:8; Isaiah 29:13; Matthew 22:16–17; Jeremiah 23:35
- 31 Psalm 78:36–37; Matthew 13:22; James 1:22–24; Luke 11:28; Isaiah 29:13
- 32 Mark 6:20; John 5:35; Mark 4:16–17
- 33 Jeremiah 28:9; 1 Samuel 3:19–20; Ezekiel 2:5; 2 Kings 5:8; Luke 10:11
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… of the grace of God have, by the Holy Spirit, spoken of repentance; and the Lord of all things has himself declared with an oath regarding it, "As I live, saith the Lord, I desire not the death of the sinner, but rather his repentance;" adding, moreover, this gracious declaration, "Repent, O house of Israel, of your iniquity.
These selfish persons have more cause to fear than those to whom it was said through the prophet, "He is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand." For watchmen or overseers of the people are appointed in churches, that they may unsparingly rebuke sin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… might speak to us in Him), yet shall he be forgiven when in repentance he shall have recourse to the goodness of God, who forasmuch as He "willeth not the death of the wicked, but rather that he should turn from his way and live," hath given the Holy Spirit to His Church, that whosoever forgiveth sins in the Spirit, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… love, wherein thou mayest do all good works; and beyond this, He will give thee also life everlasting, and fellowship with the angels: all of His mercy....Hear the Scripture: "I will not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn, and live." By these words of God, he is brought back to hope; but there is another …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)