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Ezekiel 33

CHAPTER 33 The Watchmen of the House of Israel

1 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 2 O son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them, The land upon which ever I bring the broadsword, that [⁵should take ¹the ²people ³of the ⁴land] [²man ¹one] from out of them, and put him for themselves as a watchman. 3 And if one should behold the broadsword coming upon the land, and he should trump the trumpet, and should signify to the people, 4 and [³shall hear ¹the one ²hearing] the sound of the trumpet, and should not take guard, and [³comes ¹the ²broadsword] and overtakes him, his blood [²upon ³his own head ¹shall be]. 5 For [²the ³sound ⁴of the ⁵trumpet ¹hearing] he did not take guard; his blood [²upon ³him ¹shall be]. But this one that guarded [²his life ¹rescued]. 6 And the watchman, if he should behold the broadsword coming, and should not signify by the trumpet, and the people should not take guard; and coming, the broadsword should take from out of them a soul, this soul [²on account ³of its ⁴lawlessness ¹is taken], but the blood of the hand of the watchman I will require. 7 And you, O son of man, [³as watchman ¹I have appointed ²you] to the house of Israel, and you shall hear [²from out of ³my mouth ¹a word], and you shall announce to them from me. 8 And in my saying to the sinner, To death you shall die; and you should not speak to guard the impious from his way, he, the lawless one, [²of his lawlessness ¹shall die], but his blood [²of ³your hand ¹I will require]. 9 But you, if you should forewarn the impious of his way to turn from it, and he should not turn from his way, this one [²in ³his impiety ¹shall die]; but you [³soul ²your own ¹rescued].

The Message of Righteousness

10 And you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel! Thus you spoke, saying, Our delusions and our lawless deeds [²upon ³us ¹are], and in them we melt away, and how then shall we live? 11 Say to them! As I live, says Adonai the lord, I do not want the death of the impious, but as for [³to turn ¹the ²impious] from his way, and [²to live ¹for him]. By turning you turn from [³way ¹your ²evil]! For why do you die, O house of Israel? 12 And you O son of man, say to the sons of your people! The righteousness of the just in no way should rescue him, in which ever day he should wander. And the lawlessness of the impious in no way shall afflict him in which ever day he should turn from his lawlessness. But the just no way shall be able to be delivered in the day of his sin. 13 In my saying to the righteous that [²to life ¹he shall live]; and this one has relied upon his righteousness, and should commit lawlessness, all his righteousness in no way shall be called to mind; in his iniquity in which he committed, in it he shall die. 14 And in my saying to the impious, To death you shall be put to death; and he shall turn from his sin, and shall execute equity and righteousness, 15 and [²collateral ¹he should give back], and [²for any seizures ¹he should pay back], [²in ³the orders ⁴of life ¹and he should travel], to not do unjustly; to life he shall live, and in no way shall he die. 16 All his sins which he sinned in no way shall be called to mind, for [²equity ³and ⁴righteousness ¹he observed]; by them he shall live. 17 And [⁴shall say ¹the ²sons ³of your people], [⁵is not ⁶right ¹the ²way ³of the ⁴ lord]; but this, their way is not right. 18 In the turning of the righteous from his righteousness, and he should commit lawless deeds, he shall die in them. 19 And in the [³turning ²sinner] from his lawlessness, and should observe equity and righteousness; by them he shall live. 20 And you said, [⁴is not ⁵straight ¹The ²way ³of the lord]. [⁵each ⁶by ⁷his ways ¹I will judge ²you ³O house ⁴of Israel].

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the tenth month, the fifth of the month of our captivity, there came to me one having escaped from Jerusalem, saying, [³is captured ¹the ²city]. 22 And the hand of the lord came upon me at evening before he came; and he opened my mouth as he came to me in the morning; and in opening my mouth it was not held together any longer. 23 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 24 O son of man, the ones inhabiting the places being made desolate upon the land of Israel, speaking they say, [³one ²was ¹Abraham], and he held down the land; and we, we are many; [⁴to us ³was given ¹the ²land] for a possession. 25 On account of this say to them! Thus says the Lord the lord; [²upon food with ³blood ¹Since you chew], and [²your eyes ¹lift] unto your abominations, and [²blood ¹you pour out] -- then [²the ³land ¹shall you inherit]? 26 And you stood with your broadswords, you did loathsome things, and each [²the ³wife ⁴of his neighbor ¹tainted] -- then [²the ³land ¹shall you inherit]? 27 Thus say to them! Thus says the Lord the lord; As I live, assuredly the ones in the places being made desolate [²swords ¹shall fall by], and the ones upon the face of the plain [²to the ³wild beasts ⁴of the ⁵field ¹shall be given] for a thing to be devoured, and the ones behind the places being walled, and the ones in the caves [²by plague ¹I will kill]. 28 And I will make the land a wilderness; and [⁴shall perish ¹the ²insolence ³of her strength]; and [⁴shall be made desolate ¹the ²mountains ³of Israel] on account of there not being anyone traveling through. 29 And they shall know that I am the lord; and I will make their land wilderness, and it shall be made desolate on account of all their abominations which they did. 30 And you, O son of man, the sons of your people, the ones speaking concerning you by the walls and in the gatehouses of the houses, and [²speaks ¹each] to his brother, saying, We should come together and should hear the goings forth from the lord. 31 And they come to you as [²going with one another ¹a people], and they sit down before you, and they hear your sayings, but in no way will they do them, for the lie is in their mouth, and [³after ⁴their defilements ¹their heart ²goes]. 32 And should you become to them as the sound [³psaltery ¹of a sweet sounding ²well-tuned], and they shall hear your words, but no way shall they do them. 33 And when ever it should come to pass, they shall say, Behold, it is come; and they shall know that a prophet was in their midst.