Eze 33:1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Eze 33:2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them,
When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of
their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
Eze 33:3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and
warn the people;
Eze 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.
Eze 33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood
shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
Eze 33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and
the people be not warned; if 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.
Eze 33:7 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.
Eze 33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if
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 thine hand.
Eze 33:9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he
do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered
thy soul.
Eze 33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye
speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away
in them, how should we then live?
Eze 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, 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?
Eze 33:12 Therefore, 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: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in
the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able
to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Eze 33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he
trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses
shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall
die for it.
Eze 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;
Eze 33:15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk
in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he
shall not die.
Eze 33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him:
he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Eze 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.
Eze 33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
Eze 33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Eze 33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I
will judge you every one after his ways.
Eze 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.
Eze 33:22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was
escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and
my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
Eze 33:23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Eze 33:24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of 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.
Eze 33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the
blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye
possess the land?
Eze 33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one
his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
Eze 33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely
they that are in the wastes 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 be in the forts
and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
Eze 33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength
shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass
through.
Eze 33:29 Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land
most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
Eze 33:30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking
against 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 the Lord.
Eze 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 they will not do them: for with their
mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Eze 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.
Eze 33:33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know
that a prophet hath been among them.