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But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take <i>any</i> person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When I say unto the wicked, O wicked <i>man</i>, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked <i>man</i> shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.</p> <p class="hdg">The Message of the Watchman</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins <i>be</i> upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Say unto them, <i>As</i> I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his <i>righteousness</i> in the day that he sinneth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When I shall say to the righteous, <i>that</i> he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><i>If</i> the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.</p> <p class="hdg">Explanation of Jerusalem's Fall</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth <i>month</i>, in the fifth <i>day</i> of the month, <i>that</i> one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we <i>are</i> many; the land is given us for inheritance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; <i>As</i> I live, surely they that <i>are</i> in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that <i>is</i> in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that <i>be</i> in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then shall they know that I <i>am</i> the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee <i>as</i> my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, <i>but</i> their heart goeth after their covetousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And, lo, thou <i>art</i> unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/33-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/ezekiel/33-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>