Ezekiel 33:7-9 New English Translation
7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman[a] for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’[b] and you do not warn[c] the wicked about his behavior,[d] the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.[e] 9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior,[f] and he refuses to change,[g] he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.
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- Ezekiel 33:7 sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.
- Ezekiel 33:8 tn The same expression occurs in Gen 2:17.
- Ezekiel 33:8 tn Heb “and you do not speak to warn.”
- Ezekiel 33:8 tn Heb “way.”
- Ezekiel 33:8 tn Heb “and his blood from your hand I will seek.”
- Ezekiel 33:9 tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”
- Ezekiel 33:9 tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”
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