Ezekiel 33:3

3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people,

Ezekiel 33:3 in Other Translations

3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people,

3 When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he sounds the alarm to warn the people.

3 and if the watchman sees war coming and blows the trumpet, warning the people,

3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows his trumpet to warn the people.

Ezekiel 33:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:3

If what he seeth the sword come upon the land
Or those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; as soon as he observes a body of armed men, more or less, marching towards the borders of the land with a manifest intention to enter and invade it: he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
warn the people by blowing the trumpet, the signal agreed on; by which they would understand that an enemy was at hand, or danger near; or warn them by word of mouth, as well as by the trumpet, where he could do it, and when it was necessary.

Ezekiel 33:3 In-Context

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

2 “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,

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.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 20:18; S Numbers 10:7; Hosea 5:8; Hosea 8:1