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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 33:1	Strong Concordance	Again the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
	King James	Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Again - And. For Ezek. 33:1-20, compare Ezek. 18 notes.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Again - And. For Ezek. 33:1-20, compare Ezek. 18 notes.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Calling of the Prophet for the Future - Ezekiel 33:1-20 The prophet's office of watchman. Eze 33:1. And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Eze 33:2. Son of man, speak to the sons of thy people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their company and set him for a watchman, Eze 33:3. And he seeth the sword come upon the land, and bloweth the trumpet, and warneth the people; Eze 33:4. If, then, one should hear the blast of the trumpet and not take warning, so that the sword should come and take him away, his blood would come upon his own head. Eze 33:5. He heard the blast of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood will come upon him: whereas, if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul. Eze 33:6. But if the watchman seeth the sword come, and bloweth not the trumpet, and the people is not warned; and the sword should come and take away a soul from them, he is taken away through his guilt; but his blood will I demand from the watchman's hand. Eze 33:7. Thou, then, son of man, I have set thee for the watchman to the house of Israel; thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them for me. Eze 33:8. If I say to the sinner, Sinner, thou wilt die the death; and thou speakest not to warn the sinner from his way, he, the sinner, will die for his iniquity, and his blood I will demand from thy hand. Eze 33:9. But if thou hast warned the sinner from his way, to turn from it, and he does not turn from his way, he will die for his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. - Eze 33:7-9, with the exception of slight deviations which have little influence upon the sense, are repeated verbatim from Eze 3:17-19. The repetition of the duty binding upon the prophet, and of the responsibility connected therewith, is introduced, however, in Eze 33:2-6, by an example taken from life, and made so plain that every one who heard the words must see that Ezekiel was obliged to call the attention of the people to the judgment awaiting them, and to warn them of the threatening danger, and that this obligation rested upon him still. In this respect the expansion, which is wanting in Ezekiel 3, serves to connect the following prophecies of Ezekiel with the threats of judgment contained in the first part. The meaning of it is the following: As it is the duty of the appointed watchman of a land to announce to the people the approach of the enemy, and if he fail to do this he is deserving of death; so Ezekiel also, as the watchman of Israel appointed by God, not only is bound to warn the people of the approaching judgment, in order to fulfil his duty, but has already warned them of it, so that whoever has not taken warning has been overtaken by the sword because of his sin. As, then, Ezekiel has only discharged his duty and obligation by so doing, so has he the same duty still further to perform. - In Eze 33:2 ארץ is placed at the head in an absolute form; and 'כּי אביא וגו, "if I bring the sword upon a land," is to be understood with this restriction: "so that the enemy is on the way and an attack may be expected" (Hitzig). מקציהם, from the end of the people of the land, i.e., one taken from the whole body of the people, as in Gen 47:2 (see the comm. on Gen 19:4). Blowing the trumpet is a signal of alarm on the approach of an enemy (compare Amo 3:6; Jer 4:5). נזהר in Eze 33:5 is a participle; on the other hand, both before and afterwards it is a perfect, pointed with Kametz on account of the tone. For Eze 33:7-9, see the exposition of Eze 3:17-19.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Calling of the Prophet for the Future - Ezekiel 33:1-20

The prophet's office of watchman. Eze 33:1. And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Eze 33:2. Son of man, speak to the sons of thy people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their company and set him for a watchman, Eze 33:3. And he seeth the sword come upon the land, and bloweth the trumpet, and warneth the people; Eze 33:4. If, then, one should hear the blast of the trumpet and not take warning, so that the sword should come and take him away, his blood would come upon his own head. Eze 33:5. He heard the blast of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood will come upon him: whereas, if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul. Eze 33:6. But if the watchman seeth the sword come, and bloweth not the trumpet, and the people is not warned; and the sword should come and take away a soul from them, he is taken away through his guilt; but his blood will I demand from the watchman's hand. Eze 33:7. Thou, then, son of man, I have set thee for the watchman to the house of Israel; thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them for me. Eze 33:8. If I say to the sinner, Sinner, thou wilt die the death; and thou speakest not to warn the sinner from his way, he, the sinner, will die for his iniquity, and his blood I will demand from thy hand. Eze 33:9. But if thou hast warned the sinner from his way, to turn from it, and he does not turn from his way, he will die for his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. - Eze 33:7-9, with the exception of slight deviations which have little influence upon the sense, are repeated verbatim from Eze 3:17-19. The repetition of the duty binding upon the prophet, and of the responsibility connected therewith, is introduced, however, in Eze 33:2-6, by an example taken from life, and made so plain that every one who heard the words must see that Ezekiel was obliged to call the attention of the people to the judgment awaiting them, and to warn them of the threatening danger, and that this obligation rested upon him still. In this respect the expansion, which is wanting in Ezekiel 3, serves to connect the following prophecies of Ezekiel with the threats of judgment contained in the first part. The meaning of it is the following: As it is the duty of the appointed watchman of a land to announce to the people the approach of the enemy, and if he fail to do this he is deserving of death; so Ezekiel also, as the watchman of Israel appointed by God, not only is bound to warn the people of the approaching judgment, in order to fulfil his duty, but has already warned them of it, so that whoever has not taken warning has been overtaken by the sword because of his sin. As, then, Ezekiel has only discharged his duty and obligation by so doing, so has he the same duty still further to perform. - In Eze 33:2 ארץ is placed at the head in an absolute form; and 'כּי אביא וגו, "if I bring the sword upon a land," is to be understood with this restriction: "so that the enemy is on the way and an attack may be expected" (Hitzig). מקציהם, from the end of the people of the land, i.e., one taken from the whole body of the people, as in Gen 47:2 (see the comm. on Gen 19:4). Blowing the trumpet is a signal of alarm on the approach of an enemy (compare Amo 3:6; Jer 4:5). נזהר in Eze 33:5 is a participle; on the other hand, both before and afterwards it is a perfect, pointed with Kametz on account of the tone. For Eze 33:7-9, see the exposition of Eze 3:17-19.

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¹⁷ Son [01121] of man [0120], I have made [05414] thee a watchman [06822] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: therefore hear [08085] the word [01697] at my mouth [06310], and give them warning [02094] from me.
¹⁸ When I say [0559] unto the wicked [07563], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]; and thou givest him not warning [02094], nor speakest [01696] to warn [02094] the wicked [07563] from his wicked [07563] way [01870], to save his life [02421]; the same wicked [07563] man shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01245] at thine hand [03027].
¹⁹ Yet if thou warn [02094] the wicked [07563], and he turn [07725] not from his wickedness [07562], nor from his wicked [07563] way [01870], he shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but thou hast delivered [05337] thy soul [05315].

⁷ So thou, O son [01121] of man [0120], I have set [05414] thee a watchman [06822] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478]; therefore thou shalt hear [08085] the word [01697] at my mouth [06310], and warn [02094] them from me.
⁸ When I say [0559] unto the wicked [07563], O wicked [07563] man, thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]; if thou dost not speak [01696] to warn [02094] the wicked [07563] from his way [01870], that wicked [07563] man shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01245] at thine hand [03027].
⁹ Nevertheless, if thou warn [02094] the wicked [07563] of his way [01870] to turn [07725] from it; if he do not turn [07725] from his way [01870], he shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but thou hast delivered [05337] thy soul [05315].

⁵ He heard [08085] the sound [06963] of the trumpet [07782], and took not warning [02094]; his blood [01818] shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning [02094] shall deliver [04422] his soul [05315].

⁵ Declare [05046] ye in Judah [03063], and publish [08085] in Jerusalem [03389]; and say [0559], Blow [08628] ye the trumpet [07782] in the land [0776]: cry [07121], gather together [04390], and say [0559], Assemble [0622] yourselves, and let us go [0935] into the defenced [04013] cities [05892].

⁶ Shall a trumpet [07782] be blown [08628] in the city [05892], and the people [05971] not be afraid [02729]? shall there be evil [07451] in a city [05892], and the LORD [03068] hath not done [06213] it?

⁴ But before they lay down [07901], the men [0582] of the city [05892], even the men [0582] of Sodom [05467], compassed [05437] the house [01004] round [05437], both old [02205] and young [05288], all the people [05971] from every quarter [07097]:

² And he took [03947] some [07097] of his brethren [0251], even five [02568] men [0582], and presented [03322] them unto [06440] Pharaoh [06547].

² Son [01121] of man [0120], speak [01696] to the children [01121] of thy people [05971], and say [0559] unto them, When I bring [0935] the sword [02719] upon a land [0776], if the people [05971] of the land [0776] take [03947] a [0259] man [0376] of their coasts [07097], and set [05414] him for their watchman [06822]:
³ If when he seeth [07200] the sword [02719] come [0935] upon the land [0776], he blow [08628] the trumpet [07782], and warn [02094] the people [05971];
⁴ Then whosoever [08085] heareth [08085] the sound [06963] of the trumpet [07782], and taketh not warning [02094]; if the sword [02719] come [0935], and take him away [03947], his blood [01818] shall be upon his own head [07218].
⁵ He heard [08085] the sound [06963] of the trumpet [07782], and took not warning [02094]; his blood [01818] shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning [02094] shall deliver [04422] his soul [05315].
⁶ But if the watchman [06822] see [07200] the sword [02719] come [0935], and blow [08628] not the trumpet [07782], and the people [05971] be not warned [02094]; if the sword [02719] come [0935], and take [03947] any person [05315] from among them, he is taken away [03947] in his iniquity [05771]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01875] at the watchman's [06822] hand [03027].

⁹ Nevertheless, if thou warn [02094] the wicked [07563] of his way [01870] to turn [07725] from it; if he do not turn [07725] from his way [01870], he shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but thou hast delivered [05337] thy soul [05315].

⁸ When I say [0559] unto the wicked [07563], O wicked [07563] man, thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]; if thou dost not speak [01696] to warn [02094] the wicked [07563] from his way [01870], that wicked [07563] man shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01245] at thine hand [03027].

⁶ But if the watchman [06822] see [07200] the sword [02719] come [0935], and blow [08628] not the trumpet [07782], and the people [05971] be not warned [02094]; if the sword [02719] come [0935], and take [03947] any person [05315] from among them, he is taken away [03947] in his iniquity [05771]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01875] at the watchman's [06822] hand [03027].

⁴ Then whosoever [08085] heareth [08085] the sound [06963] of the trumpet [07782], and taketh not warning [02094]; if the sword [02719] come [0935], and take him away [03947], his blood [01818] shall be upon his own head [07218].

³ If when he seeth [07200] the sword [02719] come [0935] upon the land [0776], he blow [08628] the trumpet [07782], and warn [02094] the people [05971];

¹ Again the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],