Ezekiel 33:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 33:4

2 “Son of man, speak to ^athe children of your people, and say to them: ^b‘When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their ^cwatchman,

3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,

4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does ^anot take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, ^bhis blood shall be on his own head.

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will¹ save his life.

6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, ^ahe is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

7 ^a“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.

8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have¹ delivered your soul.

10 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, “If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we ^apine away in them, ^bhow can we then live?” ’

11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ^a‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked ^bturn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For ^cwhy should you die, O house of Israel?’

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 33:4

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

Contemporary English Version
If any of these people hear the signal and ignore it, they will be killed in battle. But it will be their own fault, because they could have escaped if they had paid attention.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
If someone hears it but pays no attention and the enemy comes and kills him, then he is to blame for his own death.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his {own} head.

New International Version
then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not take warning and the sword comes and takes his life, his blood will be on his own head.

New King James Version
then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will fall on his own head.

Revised Standard Version
then if any one who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

Young's Literal Translation
And the hearer hath heard the voice of the trumpet, and he hath not taken warning, And come in doth the sword, and taketh him away, His blood is on his head.

New English Translation
but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death.¹

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