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So whenever you hear a message from me,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:7 Lit. from my mouth">h</a></span> you are to warn the people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:7 Lit. warn them">i</a></span> from me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If I should say to a certain wicked person, ‘You wicked man, you’re certainly about to die,’ but you don’t warn him to turn from his wicked behavior,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:8 Lit. ways">j</a></span> he’ll die in his guilt, but I’ll seek retribution for his bloodshed from you.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:8 Lit. from your hand; i.e. as if the sentinel were responsible for the death">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>However, if you warn the wicked to turn from his behavior<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:9 Lit. way">l</a></span> and he does not do so, he will die in his guilt, and you will have saved yourself.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:9 Lit. have rescued your soul">m</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">God Hates the Death of the Wicked</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“‘Now, Son of Man, tell this to the house of Israel:</p> <p class="reg">‘You keep saying, “Our crimes and sins burden us so much that we’re rotting away, so how can we keep on living?”’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Tell them, ‘As certainly as I’m alive and living,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘I receive no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Instead, my pleasure is that the wicked repent from their behavior<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:11 Lit. way">n</a></span> and live. Turn back! Turn back, all of you, from your wicked behavior! Why do you have to die, you house of Israel?’”</p> <p class="heading">Human Effort is Useless in Sustaining Righteousness</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“And now, Son of Man, say this to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous won’t save them when they keep on committing crimes against me, the wickedness of the wicked won’t keep them from remaining away<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:12 Lit. from stumbling">o</a></span> when they’re turning from their wickedness, and no righteous person will keep on living by their righteousness when they sin.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If I tell the righteous person that he will certainly live, if he trusts in his own righteousness and commits evil, none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the wrong that he commits.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“If I tell the wicked person that he will certainly die, if he turns from his sin and acts with justice and righteousness, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>returning what has been placed as collateral for a loan, paying back what he has taken, following the regulations that promote life, and committing no iniquity, he will certainly live, and not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>None of the sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. Since he did what is just and right, he will certainly live.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Nevertheless, your people’s children keep saying, ‘Living life the Lord’s way<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:17 Lit. saying, ‘The way of">p</a></span> isn’t right,’ when all the while it is their way of living<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:17 The Heb. lacks of living">q</a></span> that isn’t right. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When a righteous man forsakes his own righteousness and commits evil acts, he will die because of those acts, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and when the wicked turn away from their wickedness and do what is just and right, he will certainly live because of that. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“And yet you keep saying, ‘Living life<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:20 Lit. saying, ‘The way of">r</a></span> the Lord’s way isn’t right,’ But I will judge every one of you according to the way you live, you house of Israel!”</p> <p class="heading">False Reliance on Abraham’s Heritage</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>On the fifth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year of our captivity, a fugitive who had escaped from Jerusalem came and informed me, “The city has been destroyed.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now the hand of the LORD had been touching me the evening before that fugitive arrived, so the LORD had given me something to say by the time the messenger<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:22 Lit. time he">s</a></span> arrived the next morning. He opened my mouth and I no longer had nothing to say to him.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:22 The Heb. lacks to him">t</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>As a result, this message came to me from the LORD:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Son of Man, those who are living among these ruins of the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, but he was able to possess the land! As for us, we’re a multitude, and the land has been given to us as an inheritance.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “You keep eating flesh along with its blood, you keep looking to your idols, and you keep shedding blood, and you’re going to take possession of the land? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>You keep trusting in your weapons, you continue to commit loathsome deeds, men keep defiling their neighbors’ wives, and you’re going to take possession of the land?’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Tell them this: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “As certainly as I’m alive and living, those who live in the wastelands are certain to die violently,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:27 Lit. die by the sword">u</a></span> I’ll give those who die in the open fields to the wild animals for food, and whoever takes refuge in caves and fortified places will die of diseases. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then I’ll turn the land into a desolate ruin and her arrogant strength will come to an abrupt end. The mountains of Israel will become so desolate that no one will be able to travel over them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>‘Then they’ll learn that I am the LORD, when I’ve turned their land into a desolate wasteland because of all of the loathsome deeds that they’ve committed.’”</p> <p class="heading">The Disobedient Exiles of Babylon</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“Now as for you, Son of Man, your nation’s children keep gathering together to talk about you beside the walls and at the doorway to their houses. Everyone tells one another, ‘Please come! Let’s go hear what the LORD has to say!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words—and then they don’t do what you say—<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:31 The Heb. lacks what you say">v</a></span> because they’re seeking only their own desires,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:31 Lit. because their lust is in their mouths">w</a></span> they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>As far as they are concerned, you sing romantic songs with a beautiful voice and play a musical instrument well. They’ll listen to what you have to say, but they won’t put it into practice! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/33-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>When all of this comes about—and you can be sure that it will!—they’ll learn that a prophet has been in their midst.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 33:2 Lit. <i>bring a sword</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 33:2 Or <i>of the men from their border</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 33:3 Lit. <i>that a sword</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 33:4 Lit. <i>will be on him</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 33:5 Lit. <i>will be on him</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 33:5 Lit. <i>have rescued his soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 33:6 Lit. <i>from the hand of the</i>; i.e. as if the sentinel were responsible for the death<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 33:7 Lit. <i>from my mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 33:7 Lit. <i>warn them</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 33:8 Lit. <i>ways</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 33:8 Lit. <i>from your hand</i>; i.e. as if the sentinel were responsible for the death<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 33:9 Lit. <i>way</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 33:9 Lit. <i>have rescued your soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 33:11 Lit. <i>way</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 33:12 Lit. <i>from stumbling</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 33:17 Lit. <i> saying, ‘The way of</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 33:17 The Heb. lacks <i>of living</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 33:20 Lit. <i> saying, ‘The way of</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 33:22 Lit. <i>time he</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 33:22 The Heb. lacks <i>to him</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 33:27 Lit. <i>die by the sword</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 33:31 The Heb. lacks <i>what you say</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 33:31 Lit. <i>because their lust is in their mouths</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/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"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>