Ezekiel 3:17
I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; and you shall hear a word of my mouth, and shall threaten them from me.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
16And after the seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man,
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:3The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. I said, Have you⌃ seen him whom my soul loves?
Isaiah 21:6For thus said the Lord to me, Go and station a watchman for yourself, and declare whatever you shall see.
Isaiah 21:11Call to me out of Seir; guard you⌃ the bulwarks.
Isaiah 56:10See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.
Isaiah 62:6And on your walls, O Jerusalem, have I set watchmen all day and all night, who shall never cease making mention of the Lord.
Jeremiah 6:10To whom shall I speak, and testify, that he may listen? behold, your ears are uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hear: behold, the word of the Lord is become to them a reproach, they will not at all desire it.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:17-22
The Watchman's Office. ( b. c. 595.) 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.… Read the whole commentary →