33:1 And the word of Yehovah came to me,
saying,
33:2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and thou shalt say to
them, On whatsoever land I shall bring a sword, and the people of the land
take one man of them, and set him for their watchman:
33:3 and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet,
and sound an alarm to the people;
33:4 and he that hears the sound of the trumpet shall hear [indeed], and
[yet] not take heed, and the sword shall come upon him, and overtake him,
his blood shall be upon his [own] head.
33:5 Because he heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no heed, his blood
shall be upon him: but the other, because he took heed, has delivered his
soul.
33:6 But 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' hand.
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.
33:8 When 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 thine hand.
33:9 But if thou forewarn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn
not from his way, he shall die in his ungodliness; but thou hast delivered
thine own soul.
33:10 And thou, son of man, say to the house of Israel; Thus have ye spoken,
saying, Our errors, and our iniquities weigh upon us, and we pine away in
them, and how then shall we live?
33:11 Say to them, Thus saith Yehovah; [As] I live, I desire not the death
of the ungodly, as that the ungodly should turn from his way and live: turn
ye heartily from your way; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
33:12 Say to the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous
shall not deliver him, in the day wherein he errs: and the iniquity of the
ungodly shall not harm him, in the day wherein he turns from his iniquity,
but the righteous [erring] shall not be able to deliver himself.
33:13 When I say to the righteous, [Thou shalt live; and] he trusts in his
righteousness, and shall commit iniquity, none of his righteousnesses shall
be remembered; in his unrighteousness which he has wrought, in it shall he
die.
33:14 And when I say to the ungodly, Thou shalt surely die; and he shall
turn from his sin, and do judgment and justice,
33:15 and return the pledge, and repay that which he has robbed, [and] walk
in the ordinances of life, so as to do no wrong; he shall surely live, and
shall not die.
33:16 None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered: because
he has wrought judgment and righteousness; by them shall he live.
33:17 Yet the children of thy people will say, The way of Yehovah is not
straight: whereas this their way is not straight.
33:18 When the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and shall commit
iniquities, then shall he die in them.
33:19 And when the sinner turns from his iniquity, and shall do judgment and
righteousness, he shall live by them.
33:20 And this is that which ye said, The way of Yehovah is [not] straight.
I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one for his ways.
33:21 And it came to pass in the tenth year of our captivity, in the twelfth
month, on the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped from
Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is taken.
33:22 Now the hand of Yehovah had come upon me in the evening, before he
came; and he opened my mouth, when he came to me in the morning: and my
mouth was open, it was no longer kept closed.
33:23 And the word of Yehovah came to me, saying,
33:24 Son of man, they that inhabit the desolate [places] on the land of
Israel say, Abram was one, and he possessed the land: and we are more
numerous; to us the land is given for a possession.
33:25
33:26
33:27 Therefore say to them, Thus saith Yehovah Elohim, [As] I live, surely
they that are in the desolate places shall fall by swords and they that are
in the open plain shall be given for food to the wild beasts of the field,
and them that are in the fortified [cities] and them that are in the caves I
will slay with pestilence.
33:28 And I will make the land desert, and the pride of her strength shall
perish; and the mountains of Israel shall be made desolate by reason of no
man passing through.
33:29 And they shall know that I am Yehovah; and I will make their land
desert, and it shall be made desolate because of all their abominations
which they have wrought.
33:30 And [as for] thee, son of man, the children of thy people are they
that speak concerning thee by the walls, and in the porches of the houses,
and they talk one to another, saying, Let us come together, and let us hear
the [words] that proceed from Yehovah.
33:31 They approach thee as a people comes together, and sit before thee,
and hear thy words, but they will not do them: for [there is] falsehood in
their mouth, and their heart [goes] after their pollutions.
33:32 And thou art to them as a sound of a sweet, well-tuned psaltery, and
they will hear thy words, but they will not do them.
33:33 But whenever it shall come [to pass], they will say, Behold, it is
come: and they shall know that there was a prophet in the midst of them. |
33:1 Again the word of Yehovah came unto
me, saying,
33:2 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:
33:3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and
warn the people;
33:4 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.
33:5 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.
33:6 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.
33:7 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.
33:8 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.
33:9 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.
33:10 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?
33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith Yehovah 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?
33:12 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.
33:13 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.
33:14 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;
33:15 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.
33:16 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.
33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of Yehovah is not equal:
but as for them, their way is not equal.
33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
33:20 Yet ye say, The way of Yehovah is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I
will judge you every one after his ways.
33:21 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.
33:22 Now the hand of Yehovah 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.
33:23 Then the word of Yehovah came unto me, saying,
33:24 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.
33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith Yehovah GOD; Ye eat with the
blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye
possess the land?
33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one
his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith Yehovah 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.
33:28 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.
33:29 Then shall they know that I am Yehovah, when I have laid the land
most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
33:30 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 Yehovah.
33:31 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.
33:32 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.
33:33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know
that a prophet hath been among them. |