The Book of Ezekiel
33: 1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 33:2Son of man, speak to the
children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land,
and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their
watchman; 33:3if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the
trumpet, and warn the people; 33:4then 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. 33:5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning;
his blood shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have
delivered his soul. 33:6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the
trumpet, and the people be not warned, and 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. 33:7So 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. 33:8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and
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 thy hand. 33:9Nevertheless, if thou
warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall
die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. 33:10And thou, son of man, say
unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins
are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live? 33:11Say unto them,
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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? 33:12And 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; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he
shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall
he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. 33:13When I say
to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and
commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his
iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die. 33:14Again, when I say unto the
wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful
and right; 33:15if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken
by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely
live, he shall not die. 33:16None of his sins that he hath committed shall be
remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall
surely live. 33:17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not
equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 33:18When the righteous turneth from
his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein. 33:19And when
the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right,
he shall live thereby. 33:20Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of
Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. 33:21And 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.
33:22Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was
escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning;
and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 33:23And the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying, 33:24Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in 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. 33:25Wherefore say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your
idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 33:26Ye stand upon your
sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor's wife: and
shall ye possess the land? 33:27Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places 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 are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 33:28And I
will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power
shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass
through. 33:29Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a
desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they
have committed. 33:30And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people talk of
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 Jehovah. 33:31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and
they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for
with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.
33:32And, 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. 33:33And when this cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh,) then shall they
know that a prophet hath been among them.