Ezequiel 33:2

2 «Hijo de hombre, habla con tu pueblo y dile: “Cuando yo envío la guerra a algún país, y la gente de ese país escoge a un hombre y lo pone por centinela,

Ezequiel 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.

Ezequiel 33:2 In-Context

1 El SEÑOR me dirigió la palabra:

2 «Hijo de hombre, habla con tu pueblo y dile: “Cuando yo envío la guerra a algún país, y la gente de ese país escoge a un hombre y lo pone por centinela,

3 si este ve acercarse al ejército enemigo, toca la trompeta para advertir al pueblo.

4 Entonces, si alguien escucha la trompeta pero no se da por advertido, y llega la espada y lo mata, él mismo será el culpable de su propia muerte.

5 Como escuchó el sonido de la trompeta pero no le hizo caso, será responsable de su propia muerte, pues si hubiera estado atento se habría salvado.