Ezekiel 33:8

When I say to the lawless man O lawless man thou shalt surely die, And thou have not spoken to warn the lawless man from his way He the lawless man for his iniquity shall die, But his blood- at thy hand- will I demand.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

In Context

7Thou therefore Son of man, A watchman, have I appointed thee, to the house of Israel, So then thou shalt hear at my mouth a message, and shalt warn them from me.

9But as for thyself When thou hast warned a lawless man from his way, to turn therefrom, And he hath not turned from his way He, for his own iniquity shall die, But thou hast delivered thine own life,

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it,—for in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die.

Numbers 27:3Our father, died in the desert, although, he, was not among the assembly that conspired against Yahweh, in the assembly of Korah,—but, in his own sin, died he; and sons, had he none.

Ecclesiastes 8:13but, well, shall it not be to the lawless man, neither shall he lengthen out his days like a shadow,—because he standeth not in awe before God.

Jeremiah 8:11And so they have healed the grievous wound of the daughter of my people, slightly,—Saying, Peace! peace! when there was no peace!

Ezekiel 13:9So then my hand shall be against the prophets who have Visions of falsehood and who divine Divinations of lies— In the council of my people, shall they not be found. And in the register of the house of Israel, shall they not be written, And Upon the so of Israel, shall they not enter,— So shall ye know that, I, am The Lord Yahweh,

Ezekiel 18:10But he hath begotten a son Who is a violent man A shedder of blood,- Who doeth the like of any of these things;

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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