THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ezekiel Chapter 33)
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Ezekiel 33:2 (NLT) - 2 “Son of man, give your people this message: ‘When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose one of their own to be a watchman.
Ezekiel 33:3 (NLT) - 3 When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he sounds the alarm to warn the people.
Ezekiel 33:4 (NLT) - 4 Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action, it is their own fault if they die.
Ezekiel 33:5 (NLT) - 5 They heard the alarm but ignored it, so the responsibility is theirs. If they had listened to the warning, they could have saved their lives.
Ezekiel 33:6 (NLT)
6 But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.’
6 But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.’
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.