Ezekiel 33:7

And thou, son of man, I have set thee as a watchman to the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear a word from my mouth.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

In Context

6But if the watchman see the sword coming, and do not sound the trumpet, and the people do not watch; and the sword come, and take a soul from among them, that soul is taken because of its iniquity; but the blood thereof will I require at the watchman’s hand.

8When I say to the sinner, Thou shalt surely die; if thou speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:16And the king said to him, How often shall I adjure thee, that thou speak to me truth in the name of the Lord?

Song of Solomon 3:3The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. 1 I said, Have ye seen him whom my soul loves? 1

Isaiah 21:11The vision of Edom. Call to me out of Seir; guard ye the bulwarks.

Jeremiah 1:17And do thou gird up thy loins, and stand up, and speak all the words that I shall command thee: be not afraid of their face, neither be thou alarmed before them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and he in whom is my word spoken to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:6Flee ye, and save your lives, and ye shall be as a wild ass in the desert.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 33:2-10

The Watchman's Office; The Prophet a Watchman to Israel. ( b. c. 587.) 1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away,… Read the whole commentary →

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