Ezekiel 33:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 33:7

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?’

The Fairness of God’s Judgment

12 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The ^arighteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, ^bhe shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’

13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, ^abut he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.

14 Again, ^awhen I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does¹ what is lawful and right,

15 if the wicked ^arestores the pledge, ^bgives back what he has stolen, and walks in ^cthe statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

16 ^aNone of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

17 ^a“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not¹ fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!

18 ^aWhen the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.

20 Yet you say, ^a‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.”

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year ^aof our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, ^bthat one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, ^c“The city has been captured!”

22 Now ^athe hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had ^bopened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at My mouth and give them warning from Me.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, I have appointed you to stand watch for the people of Israel. So listen to what I say, then warn them for me.

Darby English Version
So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.

Good News Bible
"Now, mortal man, I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You must pass on to them the warnings I give you.

King James Version
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

New American Standard Bible
"Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me.

New International Version
"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.

New King James Version
"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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me.

Revised Standard Version
"So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou, son of man, A watchman I gave thee to the house of Israel, And thou hast heard from My mouth a word, And thou hast warned them from Me.

New English Translation
“As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman¹ for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.

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