Ezekiel 33:3-13

3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people,
4 then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.
5 Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head. If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves.
6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’
7 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.
9 But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so, they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.
10 “Son of man, say to the Israelites, ‘This is what you are saying: “Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of[b] them. How then can we live?” ’
11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’
12 “Therefore, son of man, say to your people, ‘If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person’s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person’s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.’
13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.

Cross References 20

  • 1. S Exodus 20:18; S Numbers 10:7; Hosea 5:8; Hosea 8:1
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 25:16
  • 3. S Leviticus 20:9; S Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 18:13; Zechariah 1:4; Acts 18:6
  • 4. S Leviticus 20:9
  • 5. S Exodus 9:21
  • 6. Isaiah 56:10-11; S Ezekiel 3:18
  • 7. S Isaiah 52:8
  • 8. Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 3:17
  • 9. ver 14
  • 10. S Isaiah 3:11; S Ezekiel 18:4
  • 11. S Psalms 7:12
  • 12. Ezekiel 3:17-19
  • 13. S Leviticus 26:16; Ezekiel 24:23
  • 14. S Leviticus 26:39; S Ezekiel 4:17
  • 15. S Lamentations 3:33; Ezekiel 18:32; 2 Peter 3:9
  • 16. S 2 Chronicles 30:9; S Isaiah 19:22; S Jeremiah 3:12
  • 17. Jeremiah 44:7-8; S Ezekiel 18:23; Hosea 11:8; Joel 2:12; S 1 Timothy 2:4
  • 18. ver 2
  • 19. 2 Chronicles 7:14; S Ezekiel 3:20; S Ezekiel 18:21
  • 20. Ezekiel 18:24; Hebrews 10:38; 2 Peter 2:20-21

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