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Ezekiel 3:18
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Ezekiel Is a Watchman

16 Now it acame to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,  
17 a“Son of man, I have made you ba watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them cwarning from Me:  
18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man ashall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.  
19 Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; abut you have delivered your soul.  
20 “Again, when a arighteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ezekiel 3:18

warning . . . speakest to warn—The repetition implies that it is not enough to warn once in passing, but that the warning is to be inculcated continually (II Timothy 4:2, "in season, out of season"; Acts 20:31, "night and day with tears").

save—Ezekiel 2:5 had seemingly taken away all hope of salvation; but the reference there was to the mass of the people whose case was hopeless; a few individuals, however, were reclaimable.

die in . . . iniquity— (John 8:21, John 8:24). Men are not to flatter themselves that their ignorance, owing to the negligence of their teachers, will save them (Romans 2:12, "As many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law").




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 3:18:

Ezekiel 33:2
Ezekiel 33:11
Acts 20:26

 

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