Ezechiele 33:2

2 Figliuol d’uomo, parla a’ figliuoli del tuo popolo, e di’ loro: Quando io farò venire la spada sopra un paese, e il popolo del paese prenderà un uomo d’infra loro, e se lo porrà per vedetta;

Ezechiele 33:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:2

Son of man, speak to the children of thy people
The Jews, of whom the prophet was; and designs those who were with him in the captivity; and who, having behaved so ill, the Lord will not own them for his people, but calls them the prophet's people, and the children of them: and say unto them, when I bring the sword upon a land;
a foreign enemy with an army to invade it, or any other judgment; for there is no public calamity whatever that comes upon a people, but what is by the order, direction, or permission of the Lord. The Targum is,

``those that kill with the sword;''
an army of men that enter into a land sword in hand, with an intent to conquer and destroy: if the people of the land take a man of their coasts: that lives upon their borders, and so is acquainted with all the places where it is most likely an enemy should enter; or a man out of the midst of them, as the Targum; so this phrase sometimes signifies, ( Genesis 47:2 ) , one of their own people, who might be thought to have their good and safety at heart, and might be trusted: and set him for their watchman:
on some place of eminence; on the walls, or in a tower of a frontier town, from whence he might descry the enemy coming at a distance.

Ezechiele 33:2 In-Context

1 LA parola del Signore mi fu ancora indirizzata, dicendo:
2 Figliuol d’uomo, parla a’ figliuoli del tuo popolo, e di’ loro: Quando io farò venire la spada sopra un paese, e il popolo del paese prenderà un uomo d’infra loro, e se lo porrà per vedetta;
3 ed esso, veggendo venir la spada sopra il paese, avrà sonato con la tromba, ed avrà avvisato il popolo;
4 se alcuno, avendo udito il suon della tromba, non si guarda, e la spada, essendo giunta, lo coglie, il suo sangue sarà sopra il suo capo.
5 Egli ha udito il suon della tromba, e non si è guardato; il suo sangue sarà sopra lui; se si fosse guardato, avrebbe scampata la vita sua.
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