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Ezekiel 33

After the oracles against the nations, the LORD renews Ezekiel’s watchman commission and stresses individual responsibility. A fugitive then arrives with the long-awaited report, “The city is smitten.” Ezekiel confronts survivors who presume on Abraham’s land claim and exiles who enjoy hearing his words without doing them.

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After the oracles against the nations, the LORD renews Ezekiel’s watchman commission and stresses individual responsibility. A fugitive then arrives with the long-awaited report, “The city is smitten.” Ezekiel confronts survivors who presume on Abraham’s land claim and exiles who enjoy hearing his words without doing them.

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Verses 1–9The watchman must sound the warning, and Ezekiel is again held responsible to warn the wickedVerses 10–20The LORD takes no pleasure in the wicked’s death and calls Israel to turn and liveVerses 21–29News arrives that Jerusalem has fallen, and those remaining in the land are warned of desolationVerses 30–33The people enjoy hearing Ezekiel’s words but do not obey, and they will know a prophet was among them
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1Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people,…3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land,…4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh…5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not…6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow…7So thou, O son of man, I have set thee…8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou…9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to…10Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house…11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD,…12Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of…13When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall…14Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely…15If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he…16None of his sins that he hath committed shall be…17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of…18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity,…19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do…20Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not…21And it came to pass in the twelfth year of…22Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in…23Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,24Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the…25Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye…26Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye…27Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;…28For I will lay the land most desolate, and the…29Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when…30Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people…31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and…32And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely…33And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,)…