Thematic Bible
Ezekiel 33:1 (show verse)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 33:2 (show verse)
“Son of man, speak to the sons of your people [who are exiled in Babylon] and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword on a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,
Ezekiel 33:3 (show verse)
and he sees the sword coming on the land, and he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Trumpet » Figurative
Trumpet » Sounded in time of danger
Trumpet » Used for » Giving alarm in cases of danger
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchman » Alarm of, given by trumpets
Watchmen » In time of danger » Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies
Trumpet » Figurative
Trumpet » Sounded in time of danger
Trumpet » Used for » Giving alarm in cases of danger
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchman » Alarm of, given by trumpets
Watchmen » In time of danger » Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies
Ezekiel 33:4 (show verse)
then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his [own] head.
Ezekiel 33:5 (show verse)
He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood shall be on himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.
Ezekiel 33:6 (show verse)
But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, he is taken away because of his corruption and sin; but I will require his blood from the watchman’s hand.’
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Leaders » Responsibility of » Select reading
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
Ministers » Remuneration of » Responsibility of
Ministers » When unfaithful » Shall be punished
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
Responsibility » According to privileges » Of ministers, etc
Trumpet » Sounded in time of danger
Trumpet » Used for » Giving alarm in cases of danger
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchman » Unfaithfulness in the discharge of duty of, punished by death
Watchman » Alarm of, given by trumpets
Watchmen » Neglecting to give warning punished with death
Leaders » Responsibility of » Select reading
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
Ministers » Remuneration of » Responsibility of
Ministers » When unfaithful » Shall be punished
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
Responsibility » According to privileges » Of ministers, etc
Trumpet » Sounded in time of danger
Trumpet » Used for » Giving alarm in cases of danger
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchman » Unfaithfulness in the discharge of duty of, punished by death
Watchman » Alarm of, given by trumpets
Watchmen » Neglecting to give warning punished with death
Ezekiel 33:7 (show verse)
“Now as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you shall hear a message from My mouth and give them a warning from Me.
Ezekiel 33:8 (show verse)
When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will certainly die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die because of his sin; but I will require his blood from your hand.
Ezekiel 33:9 (show verse)
But if you on your part warn the wicked man to turn from his [evil] way and he does not turn from his [evil] way, he will die in his sin; but you have saved your life.
Ezekiel 33:10 (show verse)
“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus you have said, “Truly our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are rotting away because of them; how then can we live?”’
Ezekiel 33:11 (show verse)
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?’
divine Call » To repentance
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Conversion » Exhortations to
death » The death of the wicked
God » Call of » To repentance and a righteous life
God's Call » divine Call » To repentance and a righteous life
Newness » Renewing yourself
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Pleasure » What the lord has no pleasure in
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Conversion » Exhortations to
death » The death of the wicked
God » Call of » To repentance and a righteous life
God's Call » divine Call » To repentance and a righteous life
Newness » Renewing yourself
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Pleasure » What the lord has no pleasure in
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ezekiel 33:12 (show verse)
And you, son of man, say to the sons of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not save him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stagger because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness, whereas a righteous man will not be able to live because of his [previous acts of] righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Supererogation » The doctrine of excessive and meritorious righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Supererogation » The doctrine of excessive and meritorious righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ezekiel 33:13 (show verse)
When I say to the righteous that he will most certainly live, and he trusts in his [previous acts of] righteousness [to save him] and commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but he will die for his injustice that he committed.
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Supererogation » The doctrine of excessive and meritorious righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Supererogation » The doctrine of excessive and meritorious righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ezekiel 33:14 (show verse)
But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices that which is just (fair) and right—
Ezekiel 33:15 (show verse)
if a wicked man returns [what he took as] a pledge, pays back what he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes which ensure life, without committing injustice, he will certainly live; he will not die.
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
death » Who shall not die
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Restitution » Encouraged
Restitution » To be made for dishonesty
Restitution » To be made for theft
Robbery » Forgiven
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
death » Who shall not die
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Restitution » Encouraged
Restitution » To be made for dishonesty
Restitution » To be made for theft
Robbery » Forgiven
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ezekiel 33:16 (show verse)
None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced that which is just (fair) and right; he will most certainly live.
Ezekiel 33:17 (show verse)
“Yet your people [who are in exile in Babylon] say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right;’ but as for them, it is their own way that is not right.
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God, Justice of » Denied by the unGodly
Man » The ways of man
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ways » The ways of man
God, Justice of » Denied by the unGodly
Man » The ways of man
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ways » The ways of man
Ezekiel 33:18 (show verse)
When the righteous turns back from his righteousness and commits injustice, he will also die because of it.
Ezekiel 33:19 (show verse)
But when a wicked man turns back from his wickedness and practices what is just (fair) and right, he will live because of it.
Ezekiel 33:20 (show verse)
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ O house of Israel, I will judge you, every one [of you] in accordance with his own ways!”
Ezekiel 33:21 (show verse)
In the twelfth year of our exile [in Babylon], on the fifth of the tenth month, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been captured.”
Ezekiel 33:22 (show verse)
Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the survivor came. And He opened my mouth at the time he came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened [in readiness] and I was no longer mute.
Ezekiel 33:23 (show verse)
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Ezekiel 33:24 (show verse)
“Son of man, those [back in Palestine] who inhabit these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was [only] one man and he took possession of the land, but we are many; the land has [most certainly] been given to us [to possess] as property.’
Ezekiel 33:25 (show verse)
Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “You eat meat with the blood in it and raise your eyes to your idols and shed blood. Should you take possession of the land?
Ezekiel 33:26 (show verse)
You rely on your sword [as your security]; you commit outrageous and disgraceful acts and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then take possession of the land?”’
Ezekiel 33:27 (show verse)
You shall say this to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “As I live, those who are in the ruins certainly will fall by the sword, and I will give whoever is in the open field to the [predatory] animals to be devoured, and those who are in strongholds and in caves will die of virulent diseases.
Ezekiel 33:28 (show verse)
And I will make the land [of Israel] a desolation and a ruin, and her pride in her power will be brought to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be so deserted that no one will pass through.
Ezekiel 33:29 (show verse)
Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord, when I make the land a desolation and a ruin because of all the atrocities which they have committed.”’
Ezekiel 33:30 (show verse)
“But as for you, son of man, your people who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses say one to another, every one to his brother, ‘Come now and hear what the message is that comes from the Lord.’
Ezekiel 33:31 (show verse)
They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not practice them; for with their mouth they express loving devotion, but their heart goes after their (unlawful) gain.
Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
Christian ministers » Message of, rejected
Covetousness » Who is covetous
Covetousness » Engrosses the heart
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Ezekiel » His popularity
Fleeting impressions » Made by the message
Heart » The hypocrites in heart
Hypocrites » Described as » Covetous
Hypocrites » Described as » Professing but not practising
Indifference » In service
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to formality in religion
Jews, the » National character of » Covetous
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Service » Half-hearted » Indifferent
Shallowness » No deep affection
Worship » Who worships the lord in vain
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
FALSE » Economy » Profession of religion
Christian ministers » Message of, rejected
Covetousness » Who is covetous
Covetousness » Engrosses the heart
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Ezekiel » His popularity
Fleeting impressions » Made by the message
Heart » The hypocrites in heart
Hypocrites » Described as » Covetous
Hypocrites » Described as » Professing but not practising
Indifference » In service
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to formality in religion
Jews, the » National character of » Covetous
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Service » Half-hearted » Indifferent
Shallowness » No deep affection
Worship » Who worships the lord in vain
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
FALSE » Economy » Profession of religion
Ezekiel 33:32 (show verse)
Behold, you are to them like a love song by one who has a pleasant voice and plays well on a stringed instrument [merely to entertain them]; for they hear your words but do not practice them.
Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
Careless hearing » Sentimentality
Christian ministers » Message of, rejected
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Ezekiel » His popularity
Harp » A stringed instrument of music
Hearing » Careless, characteristics of » Sentimentality
Heart » The hypocrites in heart
Hypocrites » Described as » Professing but not practising
Music » Musicians » Players on instruments
Musicians » Players on instruments
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Shallowness » Of sentimental hearing
Worship » Who worships the lord in vain
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
FALSE » Economy » Profession of religion
Careless hearing » Sentimentality
Christian ministers » Message of, rejected
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Ezekiel » His popularity
Harp » A stringed instrument of music
Hearing » Careless, characteristics of » Sentimentality
Heart » The hypocrites in heart
Hypocrites » Described as » Professing but not practising
Music » Musicians » Players on instruments
Musicians » Players on instruments
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Shallowness » Of sentimental hearing
Worship » Who worships the lord in vain
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
FALSE » Economy » Profession of religion
Ezekiel 33:33 (show verse)
So when it comes to pass—as it most certainly will—then they will know [without any doubt] that a prophet has been among them.”