THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ezekiel Chapter 1 to 35)

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 33:7 (NLT)

7 “Now, son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them for me.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 33:8 (NLT)

8 If I announce that some wicked people are sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways, then they will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 33:9 (NLT)

9 But if you warn them to repent and they don’t repent, they will die in their sins, but you will have saved yourself.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 33:10 (NLT)
Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: you are saying, 'Our sins are heavy upon us; we are washing away! How can we survive?

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 33:11 (NLT)
As surely as I live, says The Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death obf wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so yhey can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness O people of Israel! Why should you die?

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 33:12 (NLT)

12 “Son of man, give your people this message: The righteous behavior of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the wicked behavior of wicked people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 33:13 (NLT)

13 When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin, expecting their past righteousness to save them, then none of their righteous acts will be remembered. I will destroy them for their sins.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 33:14 (NLT)

14 And suppose I tell some wicked people that they will surely die, but then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 33:15 (NLT) - 15 For instance, they might give back a debtor’s security, return what they have stolen, and obey my life-giving laws, no longer doing what is evil. If they do this, then they will surely live and not die.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 33:16 (NLT) - 16 None of their past sins will be brought up again, for they have done what is just and right, and they will surely live.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 33:17 (NLT)
"Your people are saying, 'The LORD isn't doing what's right,' but it is they who are doing what's not right.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 33:18 (NLT)
For again I say when righteous people turn away from their righteous behaviour and turn to evil, they will die.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 33:19 (NLT)
But if wicked people turn from their wickedness and do what is just and right they will live.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 33:20 (NLT)
O people of Israel, you are saying, 'The Lord isn't doing what is right.' "But I judge each of you according to your deeds."

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 33:21 (NLT) - 21 On January 8, during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 33:22 (NLT) - 22 The previous evening the Lord had taken hold of me and given me back my voice. So I was able to speak when this man arrived the next morning.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 33:23 (NLT) - 23 Then this message came to me from the Lord:

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 33:24 (NLT) - 24 “Son of man, the scattered remnants of Israel living among the ruined cities keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he gained possession of the entire land. We are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 33:25 (NLT) - 25 So tell these people, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You eat meat with blood in it, you worship idols, and you murder the innocent. Do you really think the land should be yours?

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 33:26 (NLT) - 26 Murderers! Idolaters! Adulterers! Should the land belong to you?’