Ezekiel 33
1 Again the
word of the
LORD came unto me,
saying,
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:
3 If when he
seeth the
sword come upon the
land, he
blow the
trumpet, and
warn the
people; 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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?
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? 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.
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.
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; 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.
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.
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.
18 When the
righteous turneth from his
righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, he shall even
die thereby.
19 But if the
wicked turn from his
wickedness, and
do that which is
lawful and
right, he shall
live thereby.
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. 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.
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.
23 Then the
word of the
LORD came unto me,
saying,
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. 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? 26 Ye
stand upon your
sword, ye
work abomination, and ye
defile every
one his
neighbour's wife: and shall ye
possess the
land? 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. 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.
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.
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. 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. 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.
33 And when this cometh to
pass, (lo, it will
come,) then shall they
know that a
prophet hath been
among them.