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Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?&#8217 <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/33.htm">New Living Translation</a> As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die? <a href="/esv/ezekiel/33.htm">English Standard Version</a> Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel? <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/33.htm">King James Bible</a> Say unto them, As 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? <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/33.htm">New King James Version</a> Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘I take no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’ <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/33.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Say to them, &#8216As I live!&#8217 declares the Lord GOD, &#8216I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/amp/ezekiel/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back (change your way of thinking), turn back [in repentance] from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/csb/ezekiel/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Tell them, ‘As I live—this is the declaration of the Lord GOD—I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel? ’ <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Tell them: As I live"—the declaration of the Lord GOD—"I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel?&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/33.htm">American Standard Version</a> Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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? <a href="/cev/ezekiel/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Tell them that as surely as I am the living LORD God, I don't like to see wicked people die. I enjoy seeing them turn from their sins and live. So if the Israelites want to live, they must stop sinning and turn back to me. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/33.htm">English Revised Version</a> Say unto them, As 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? <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Tell them, 'As I live, declares the Almighty LORD, I don't want wicked people to die. Rather, I want them to turn from their ways and live. Change the way you think and act! Turn from your wicked ways! Do you want to die, people of Israel?' <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/33.htm">Good News Translation</a> Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die? <a href="/isv/ezekiel/33.htm">International Standard Version</a> "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 and live. Turn back! Turn back, all of you, from your wicked behavior! Why do you have to die, you house of Israel?'" <a href="/net/ezekiel/33.htm">NET Bible</a> Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?' <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Tell them, 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn, turn from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?' <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Say to them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked should turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/ezekiel/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/web/ezekiel/33.htm">World English Bible</a> Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Say to them, [As] I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, "" I do not delight in the death of the wicked, "" But in the turning of the wicked from his way, and he has lived. Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways! Indeed, why do you die, O house of Israel? <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Say unto them, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But -- in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel? <a href="/slt/ezekiel/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Say to them, I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if I shall delight in the death of the unjust; but in the turning back of the unjust one from his way, and he lived: turn back, turn back from your evil ways: and wherefore will ye die, O house of Israel?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel? <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel? <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/33.htm">New American Bible</a> Answer them: As I live—oracle of the Lord GOD—I swear I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel? <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Say to them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Say to them, As I live, says the LORD God, I do not desire the death of the wicked; but that the wicked should turn from his evil way and live; therefore you must repent and turn from your evil ways, and you shall not die, O house of Israel. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Say to them: ‘I am living, says THE LORD OF LORDS. I take no pleasure in the death of the evil, but that the evil would turn from his evil, and he would live. Return and be converted from your evil ways, and you shall not die, those of the house of Israel!’<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Say unto them: As 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? <a href="/sep/ezekiel/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Say to them, Thus saith the Lord; As I live, I desire not the death of the ungodly, as that the ungodly should turn from his way and live: turn ye heartily from your way; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=9642" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/33.htm">The Message of the Watchman</a> 10Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’ 11<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ĕ·mōr (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Say</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">to them:</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">‘As surely as I</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay- (N-ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">live,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">I take no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654: ’eḥ·pōṣ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire.">pleasure</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: bə·mō·wṯ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">in the death</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: hā·rā·šā‘ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">of the wicked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but rather</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rā·šā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">that the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: bə·šūḇ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">should turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: mid·dar·kōw (Prep-m:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">from their ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: wə·ḥā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">and live.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šū·ḇū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">Turn!</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šū·ḇū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">Turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘îm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">from your evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: mid·dar·ḵê·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-cpc:: 2mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">ways!</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: wə·lām·māh (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">For why</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: ṯā·mū·ṯū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">should you die,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">O house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel?’</a> 12Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a> The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. <a href="/1_timothy/2-4.htm">1 Timothy 2:4</a> who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. <a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7-8</a> At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. <a href="/luke/15-7.htm">Luke 15:7</a> I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent. <a href="/luke/15-10.htm">Luke 15:10</a> In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.” <a href="/matthew/18-14.htm">Matthew 18:14</a> In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. <a href="/acts/17-30.htm">Acts 17:30</a> Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent. <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a> Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a> “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. <a href="/isaiah/30-15.htm">Isaiah 30:15</a> For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.” <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Jeremiah 3:12-13</a> Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. / Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a> Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a> “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a> Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Say to them, As I live, said the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?As I live<a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11</a> Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.<a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Ezekiel 14:16-18</a> Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate… <a href="/ezekiel/16-48.htm">Ezekiel 16:48</a> As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.I have<a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Ezekiel 18:23,32</a> Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? … <a href="/2_samuel/14-14.htm">2 Samuel 14:14</a> For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.<a href="/lamentations/3-33.htm">Lamentations 3:33</a> For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.turn ye<a href="/ezekiel/14-6.htm">Ezekiel 14:6</a> Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.<a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30,31</a> Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin… <a href="/proverbs/1-23.htm">Proverbs 1:23</a> Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/33-9.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-9.htm">Die</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">Live</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-17.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-9.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-9.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-9.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-9.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Die</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-20.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-20.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-12.htm">Live</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/daniel/8-9.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-14.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-17.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-20.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-12.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 33</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/33-1.htm">According to the duty of a watchman in warning the people</a> 7. <a href="/ezekiel/33-7.htm">Ezekiel is admonished of his duty</a> 10. <a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">God shows the justice of his ways toward the penitent and toward revolters</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/33-17.htm">He maintains his justice</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">Upon the news of the taking of Jerusalem </a> 25. <a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">he prophecies the desolation of the land</a> 30. <a href="/ezekiel/33-30.htm">God's judgment upon the mockers of the prophets</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/33.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/33.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Say to them: This phrase indicates a direct command from God to the prophet Ezekiel, emphasizing the role of prophets as messengers. In the context of Ezekiel's ministry, he was tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites, who were in exile in Babylon. This highlights the importance of prophetic communication in the Old Testament, where God often used prophets to convey His will and warnings to His people.‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, This oath-like statement underscores the certainty and seriousness of God's declaration. The phrase "as surely as I live" is a divine assurance, reflecting God's eternal nature and His ultimate authority. It is a reminder of God's sovereignty and His active involvement in the affairs of humanity. This expression is used elsewhere in Scripture to affirm the truth of God's promises and judgments (e.g., <a href="/numbers/14-21.htm">Numbers 14:21</a>, <a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Isaiah 49:18</a>).I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, Here, God's character is revealed as compassionate and merciful. Despite the wickedness of humanity, God's desire is not for destruction but for repentance and restoration. This aligns with other biblical passages that emphasize God's patience and willingness to forgive (e.g., <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a>, <a href="/1_timothy/2-4.htm">1 Timothy 2:4</a>). It challenges the misconception that God is eager to punish, instead highlighting His longing for redemption.but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. This phrase emphasizes the concept of repentance, a central theme in both the Old and New Testaments. The call to "turn" signifies a change of direction, moving away from sin and towards God. The promise of life for those who repent is consistent with the biblical narrative of salvation and restoration. This reflects the heart of the Gospel message, where repentance leads to life through Jesus Christ (e.g., <a href="/luke/13-3.htm">Luke 13:3</a>, <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a>).Turn! Turn from your evil ways! The repetition of "turn" underscores the urgency and importance of repentance. It is a passionate plea from God, reflecting His deep desire for His people to abandon their sinful behaviors. This call to action is a common prophetic theme, urging immediate response to avoid impending judgment. It echoes the calls of other prophets, such as Isaiah and Jeremiah, who also urged Israel to return to God.For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ This rhetorical question highlights the senselessness of choosing death over life. It reflects God's lament over the stubbornness of His people, who persist in sin despite the offer of life. The "house of Israel" refers to the collective nation, emphasizing the communal aspect of sin and repentance. This question is a poignant reminder of the consequences of rejecting God's offer of salvation, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture (e.g., <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19</a>, <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-18</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their exile in Babylon. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic acts. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a> The sovereign and compassionate God who desires repentance and life for His people rather than their destruction. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_israel.htm">The House of Israel</a> The collective term for the Israelites, God's chosen people, who are in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> The place of exile for the Israelites, representing both physical and spiritual captivity. 5. <a href="/topical/r/repentance.htm">Repentance</a> A central theme in this passage, emphasizing a turning away from sin and a return to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_repentance.htm">God's Desire for Repentance</a> God does not delight in judgment but in the repentance and restoration of His people. This reflects His loving and merciful character. <a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_turning.htm">The Urgency of Turning</a> The repeated call to "Turn! Turn!" emphasizes the urgency and necessity of repentance. It is a call to immediate action. <a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a> Each individual is responsible for their own repentance. The call is personal and direct, urging a change in heart and behavior. <a href="/topical/l/life_through_repentance.htm">Life Through Repentance</a> True life is found in turning away from sin and towards God. Repentance leads to spiritual renewal and life. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_compassion.htm">God's Sovereignty and Compassion</a> While God is sovereign and just, His compassion and desire for life over death are evident. This balance is crucial in understanding His nature.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 33</a> <a href="/q/how_does_god_not_enjoy_the_wicked's_death.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 – How can God claim He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked while other Old Testament passages describe mass destruction commanded by God? </a> <a href="/q/how_can_one_draw_near_to_god.htm">How can one draw near to God?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_resolve_exodus_33_contradictions.htm">How do we address potential contradictions or editing in Exodus 33 when compared to other Pentateuch texts describing Moses's encounters with God?</a> <a href="/q/how_can_a_loving_deity_enact_vengeance.htm">Isaiah 66:15–16: How can a loving deity be reconciled with the depiction of fiery vengeance and widespread destruction? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) I have no pleasure.--Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/18-28.htm" title="Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.">Ezekiel 18:28</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/18-32.htm" title="For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, said the Lord GOD: why turn yourselves, and live you.">Ezekiel 18:32</a>. Ezekiel meets the despair of the people by the assurance, long before given in another connection, that the Creator and Father of all can have no pleasure in the death of any, and adds an earnest exhortation to repentance that they may be saved. Yet it was very important that there should be no misunderstanding in regard to the basis of acceptance with God, and the prophet therefore, in the following verses (12-20). briefly reiterates the teaching of Ezekiel 18 in regard to the individual responsibility of every one for himself before God. This teaching has already been explained under Ezekiel 18.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Say unto them, etc. To meet that despair the prophet has to fall back on the truth which he had proclaimed once before (<a href="/ezekiel/18-32.htm">Ezekiel 18:32</a>). He must appear as uttering a message of pardon resting on the unchanging character of the great Absolver. Now, as ever, it is true that he willeth not the death of the wicked, that all punishment (in this world, at least) is meant to lead to repentance, and that for those who repent there is the hope of restoration and of life. No righteousness in the past avails against the transgression of the present (Ver. 12); but then also no wickedness of the past prevails to shut out the penitent's claim to pardon. As a man is at any given moment, when the judgment comes on him, so is he dealt with. In some sense, as in Ver. 13, the righteousness of the post may become a stumbling-block. The man may trust in it, and be off his guard, ceasing to watch and pray, and so the temptation may prevail. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Say אֱמֹ֨ר (’ĕ·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to them: אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to ‘As surely as I אָ֣נִי ׀ (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I live, חַי־ (ḥay-) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life declares נְאֻ֣ם ׀ (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD, יְהוִ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH I take no אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not pleasure אֶחְפֹּץ֙ (’eḥ·pōṣ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2654.htm">Strong's 2654: </a> To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire in the death בְּמ֣וֹת (bə·mō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin of the wicked, הָרָשָׁ֔ע (hā·rā·šā‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> Wrong, an, bad person but rather כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction that the wicked רָשָׁ֛ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> Wrong, an, bad person should turn בְּשׁ֥וּב (bə·šūḇ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again from their ways מִדַּרְכּ֖וֹ (mid·dar·kōw) Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action and live. וְחָיָ֑ה (wə·ḥā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive Turn! שׁ֣וּבוּ (šū·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again Turn שׁ֜וּבוּ (šū·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again from your evil הָרָעִ֛ים (hā·rā·‘îm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil ways! מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֧ם (mid·dar·ḵê·ḵem) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action For why וְלָ֥מָּה (wə·lām·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what should you die, תָמ֖וּתוּ (ṯā·mū·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill O house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel?? יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 33:11 Tell them As I live says (Ezek. 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