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Ezekiel 33 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Watchman’s Duty

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:1 -

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:3 - and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the [fn]horn and warns the people,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:4 - then [fn]someone who hears the sound of the horn but does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:5 - ‘He heard the sound of the horn but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have saved his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - ‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the horn and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away for his wrongdoing; but I will [fn]require his blood from the watchman’s hand.’
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“Now as for you, son of man, I have [fn]appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a [fn]message from My mouth and give them a warning from Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:8 - “When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will certainly die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked about his way, that wicked person shall die for his wrongdoing, but I will [fn]require his blood from your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:9 - “But if you on your part warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die for his wrongdoing, but you have saved your life.
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“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have [fn]said: “Surely our offenses and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we [fn]survive?”’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘I take no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - “And you, son of man, say to [fn]your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live [fn]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - “When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:14 - “But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15 - if a wicked person returns a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes [fn]which ensure life without committing injustice, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:16 - “None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall certainly live.
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“Yet [fn]your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18 - “When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, then he shall die in [fn]it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19 - “But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, he will live by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:20 - “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.”

Word of Jerusalem’s Capture

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Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been [fn]taken.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22 - Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me in the evening, before the survivors came. And He opened my mouth [fn]at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened and I was no longer [fn]speechless.
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24 - “Son of man, they who live in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to us who are many the land has been given as a possession.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:25 - “Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “You eat meat with the blood in it, raise your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:26 - “You [fn]rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “You shall say this to them: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “As I live, those who are in the places of ruins certainly will fall by the sword, and whoever is in the [fn]open field I will give to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of plague.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - “And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and the pride of her power will be brought to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be deserted so that no one will pass through.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:29 - “Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’
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“But as for you, son of man, [fn]your fellow citizens who talk with one another about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak one with another, each with his brother, saying, ‘Come now and hear what the [fn]message is that comes from the LORD.’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31 - “And they come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them; for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart follows their unlawful gain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - “And behold, you are to them like a love song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:33 - “So when it comes[fn]as it certainly will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
NASB20 Footnotes
Heb shofar; i.e., ram’s horn
Lit the one who hears the sound...hears it but
I.e., hold the watchman responsible
Or given
Lit word
I.e., hold you responsible
Lit said, saying
Lit live
Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
Lit the sons of your people
Lit by it
Lit of life
Lit the sons of your people
Lit them
Lit struck
Lit until he came
Or mute
Lit stand
Lit faces of the field
Lit the sons of your people
Lit word
Lit behold, it is coming
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