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Ezekiel 33 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:1 - And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:3 - if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:5 - He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7 - So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:8 - When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and 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 thy hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:9 - Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10 - And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - And 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; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15 - 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 shall surely live, he shall not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:16 - None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18 - When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19 - And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:20 - Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Word of Jerusalem's Capture

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22 - Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was 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 more dumb.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:23 - And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24 - Son of man, they that inhabit those 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:25 - Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:26 - Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places 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 are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:29 - Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people talk of 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 Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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 do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:33 - And when this cometh to pass (behold, it cometh), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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