1-6 According to the duty of a watchman in warning the people 7-9 Ezekiel is admonished of his duty 10-16 God shews the justice of his ways towards the penitent and towards revolters 17-20 He maintains his justice 21-29 Upon the news of the taking of Jerusalem he prophecies the desolation of the land 30-33 God's judgment upon the mockers of the prophets

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:

speak Eze 33:17,30 3:11,27

When I bring the sword upon a land. [heb] A land when I bring a sword upon her Eze 6:3 11:8 14:17,21 21:9-16 Le 26:25 Jer 12:12 15:2,3 25:31 47:6 47:7 Zec 13:7

set Eze 33:7 2Sa 18:24-27 2Ki 9:17-30 Isa 21:6-9 56:9,10 62:6 Jer 51:12 Ho 9:8

3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

he blow Eze 33:8,9 Ne 4:18,20 Isa 58:1 Jer 4:5 6:1 51:27 Ho 8:1 Joe 2:1

am 3:6 1co 14:8

4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

whosoever heareth [heb] he that hearing heareth 2Ch 25:16 Pr 29:1 Jer 6:17 42:20-22 Zec 1:2-4 Jas 1:22

his blood Eze 33:5,9 18:13 Le 20:9,11 2Sa 1:16 Ac 18:6 20:26

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

heard Ps 95:7 Heb 2:1-3

his blood Isa 51:2 Joh 8:39

But Ex 9:19-21 2Ki 6:10 Ac 2:37-41 Heb 11:7

6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

and blow Isa 56:10,11

he is Eze 33:8,9 18:20,24 Pr 14:32 Joh 8:21-14

his blood Eze 3:18-20 34:10 Ge 9:5 42:22 2Sa 4:11

7 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.

I have Eze 3:17-21 So 3:3 5:7 Isa 62:6 Jer 6:27 31:6 Mic 7:4 Eph 4:11 Heb 13:17

thou shalt Eze 2:7,8 1Ki 22:14,16-28 2Ch 19:10 Jer 1:17 23:28 26:2 Ac 5:20 20:20,26,27 1Co 11:23 15:3 Col 1:28,29 1Th 4:1,2

8 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.

O wicked Eze 33:14 18:4,10-13,18,20 Ge 2:17 3:4 Pr 11:21 Ec 8:13 Isa 3:11 Jer 8:13

if thou Eze 13:9,10 Jer 8:11,12 14:13-16

that wicked Eze 33:6 Nu 27:3 Ac 20:26,27

9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

if thou Eze 3:19,21 Ac 13:40 18:5,6 28:23-28 Ga 5:19-21 6:7,8 Eph 5:3-6 Php 3:18,19 1Th 4:3-8 5:14

if he Pr 15:10 29:1 Lu 12:47 Joh 8:24 Ac 13:46 Heb 2:3 12:25

thou hast Ac 20:26 2Co 2:15-17

10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

If our The impenitent Jews seem to have charged the prophet's messages with inconsistency: for whilst he warned them to repent, and assured the penitent of forgiveness, he also predicted that the people `would pine away in their transgressions.' The prediction, however, merely implied that God foresaw that the people in general would be impenitent, thou some individuals would repent and be pardoned. Eze 24:23 Le 26:39

how Eze 37:11 Ps 130:7 Isa 49:14 51:20 Jer 2:25

11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

As I live Eze 5:11 14:16-18 16:48 Nu 14:21,28 Isa 49:18 Jer 22:24 46:18 Zep 2:9 Ro 14:11

I have Eze 18:23,32 2Sa 14:14 La 3:33 Ho 11:8 Lu 15:20-32 1Ti 2:4 2Pe 3:9

turn ye Eze 14:6 18:30,31 Pr 1:23 8:36 Isa 55:6,7 Jer 3:22 31:18-20 Da 9:13 Ho 14:1 Ac 3:19 26:20

12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

say Eze 33:2

The righteousness Eze 33:18 3:20,21 18:24-26

as for Eze 33:19 18:21,27-32 1Ki 8:48-50 2Ch 7:14 Mt 21:28-31 Ro 3:25

neither 1Jo 2:1

13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

if he Eze 3:20 18:24 Lu 18:9-14 Ro 10:3 Php 3:9 Heb 10:38 2Pe 2:20-22 1Jo 2:19

he shall die Eze 18:4,24

14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

Thou shalt Eze 33:8 3:18,19 18:27 Isa 3:11 Jer 18:7,8 Lu 13:3-5

if he Pr 28:13 Isa 55:7 Jer 4:1 Ho 14:1 Ac 3:19

that which is lawful and right [heb] judgment and justice Eze 18:21,27 Mic 6:8 Mt 9:13

15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

restore `The sin is not forgiven, unless that which is taken away be restored,' says Augustine. Eze 18:7,12,16 Ex 22:26,27 De 24:6,10-13,17 Job 22:6 24:3,9 Am 2:8

give Ex 22:1-4 Le 6:2-5 Nu 5:6-8 Lu 19:8

walk Eze 20:11,13,21 Le 18:5 Ps 119:93 Lu 1:6

he shall Eze 18:27,28 Re 22:12-14

16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

Eze 18:22 Isa 1:18 43:25 44:22 Mic 7:18,19 Ro 5:16,21 1Jo 2:1-3

17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Eze 33:20 18:25,29 Job 35:2 40:8 Mt 25:24-26 Lu 19:21,22

18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Eze 33:12,13 18:26,27 2Pe 2:20-22 Heb 10:38

19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

Eze 33:14 18:27,28

20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Yet Eze 33:17 18:25,29 Pr 19:3

I will Eze 18:30 Ps 62:12 Ec 12:14 Mt 16:27 Joh 5:29 2Co 5:10 Re 20:12-15 22:12

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

in the twelfth. This was on Wednesday, January 25, A.M. 3416 or 3417. According to the date here given, this escaped Jew did not come to the prophet, with intelligence of Jerusalem being smitten, till about eighteen months after the event: but instead of the `twelfth year' eight MSS. and the Syriac read the {eleventh}. Eze 1:2

one Eze 24:26,27

The city. This was the very message which God had promised to the prophet. Eze 24:26 2Ki 24:4 2Ch 36:17 Jer 39:2-8 52:4-14

22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

the hand Eze 1:3 3:22 37:1 40:1

and my Eze 3:26,27 24:26,27

23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

they that. The small remnant which continued in the land under Gedaliah, after the desolation of Jerusalem, flattered themselves, notwithstanding all their crimes, that they should inherit the whole land. Eze 33:27 5:3,4 34:2 Jer 39:10 40:7

wastes Eze 33:27 36:4

Abraham Isa 51:2 Ac 7:5

but we Mic 3:11 Mt 3:9 Lu 3:8 Joh 8:33,39 Ro 4:12 9:7 1Th 5:3

25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

Ye eat Ge 9:4 Le 3:17 7:26,27 17:10-14 19:26 De 12:16 1Sa 14:32-34 Ac 15:20,21,29 21:25

lift up Eze 18:6,12,15 De 4:19 Ps 24:4 Jer 44:15-19

and shed Eze 9:9 22:6,9,27

shall ye Jer 7:9,10

26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

stand Ge 27:40 Mic 2:1,2 Zep 3:3

work Eze 18:12 Le 18:26-30 20:13 1Ki 11:5-7 1Pe 4:3 Re 21:8,27

and ye Eze 18:6,11,15 22:9-11 Jer 5:8,9

and shall Le 18:25,28 20:22 De 4:25,26 29:18-23 Jos 23:15,16 1Sa 2:30 Ps 50:16-20 94:20,21

27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

surely Eze 33:24 5:12-17 6:11-14 Jer 15:2-4 42:22 44:12

will I Eze 39:4

to be devoured [heb] to devour him
in the caves Jud 6:2 1Sa 13:6 22:1 23:14 24:3 Jer 41:9

28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

I will lay Eze 6:14 12:20 15:8 36:34,35 2Ch 36:21 Isa 6:11 Jer 9:11 16:16 25:11 44:2,6,22 Mic 7:13 Zec 7:13,14

most desolate [heb] desolation and desolation
and the pomp Eze 7:24 24:21 30:6,7

and the mountains Eze 6:2-6 36:4

29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

shall Eze 6:7 7:27 23:49 25:11 Ex 14:18 Ps 9:16 83:17,18

because Eze 6:11 8:6-15 22:2-15,25-31 36:17,18 2Ki 17:9-18 2Ch 36:14-17 Jer 5:1-9,25-31 Mic 6:9-12 Zep 3:1-4

30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

the children Jer 11:18,19 18:18

against thee. or, of thee
Come Isa 29:13 58:2 Jer 23:35 42:1-6,20 Mt 15:8 22:16,17

31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

as the people cometh [heb] according to the coming of the people Eze 8:1 14:1 20:1 Lu 10:39 Ac 10:33

they sit before thee as my people. or, my people sit before thee
and they Jer 6:16,17 43:1-7 44:16 Mr 7:24-27 Lu 6:48,49 8:21 11:28 Jas 1:22-24

for with De 5:28,29 Ps 78:36,37 Isa 29:13 Jas 2:14-16 1Jo 3:17,18

shew much love [heb] make loves, or jests Isa 28:13 Jer 23:33-38 Lu 16:14

but their Mt 6:24 13:22 19:22 Lu 12:15-21 Eph 5:5 1Ti 6:9,10

32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

of one Mr 4:16,17 6:20 Joh 5:35

a pleasant voice [heb] a song of loves

33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

when 1Sa 3:19,20 Jer 28:9

shall Eze 2:5 2Ki 5:8 Lu 10:11