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Themes in Ezekiel 33

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Themes in Ezekiel 33

Ezekiel 33:1 (show verse)

And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Warning » The reward for not warning others

"Son of man, speak to {your people}, and you must say to them, 'A land, if I bring over it a sword and the people of the land take a man, one from their number, and they appoint him for them as a watchman,

Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Trumpet » Used for » Giving alarm in cases of danger
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchmen » In time of danger » Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies

Ezekiel 33:3 (show verse)

and he sees the sword coming against the land, and he blows on the horn and he warns the people,

Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Trumpet » Figurative
Trumpet » Sounded in time of danger
Trumpet » Used for » Giving alarm in cases of danger
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchman » Alarm of, given by trumpets
Watchmen » In time of danger » Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies

Ezekiel 33:4 (show verse)

and {anyone who listens} hears the sound of the horn and {he does not take warning} and [the] sword comes and it takes him, his blood will be on his [own] head.

Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Trumpet » Sounded in time of danger
Trumpet » Used for » Giving alarm in cases of danger
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchman » Alarm of, given by trumpets

Ezekiel 33:5 (show verse)

[For] he heard the sound of the horn and he did not take warning; his blood will be on him. But [if] he took warning, he saved his life.

Ezekiel 33:6 (show verse)

And [as for] the watchman, if he sees the sword coming and {he does not blow} the horn, and the people [are] not warned, and [the] sword comes and it takes {their lives}, he will be taken through his guilt, but his blood from the hand of the watchman I will seek.'

Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Leaders » Responsibility of » Select reading
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
Ministers » Remuneration of » Responsibility of
Ministers » When unfaithful » Shall be punished
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
Responsibility » According to privileges » Of ministers, etc
Trumpet » Sounded in time of danger
Trumpet » Used for » Giving alarm in cases of danger
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchman » Unfaithfulness in the discharge of duty of, punished by death
Watchman » Alarm of, given by trumpets
Watchmen » Neglecting to give warning punished with death

Ezekiel 33:7 (show verse)

"And you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; if you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me.

Christian ministers » Watchmen
Ministers » When unfaithful » Shall be punished
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Titles and names of ministers » Watchmen
Warning » The reward for not warning others

Ezekiel 33:8 (show verse)

{When I say} to the wicked, 'Wicked [one], you will certainly die,' and you {did not speak} to warn [the] wicked from his way, he, [the] wicked, will die by his guilt, but his blood I will seek from your hand.

Christian ministers » Responsibility of
Ministers » When unfaithful » Shall be punished
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Wicked people » Warned

Ezekiel 33:9 (show verse)

But, you, if you warn [the] wicked from his way, to turn from it, and {he does not turn} from his way, he will die by his guilt, and you will have saved your life.

Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Salvation » Neglect of » Impenitence
Sin » Ministers should warn the wicked to forsake
Warning » The reward for warning others
Warnings » The duty of giving

Ezekiel 33:10 (show verse)

"And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, {saying}, 'So you said, {saying}, "Indeed, our transgressions and our sins [are] on us, and because of them we [are] rotting, and how can we live?" '

Condemnation » Men under
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility

Ezekiel 33:11 (show verse)

Say to them, '{As I live},' {declares} the Lord Yahweh, '{Surely I have no delight} in the death of the wicked, {except} in [the] wicked returning from his way, and he lives. Turn back! Turn back from your ways, O evil [ones], for why should you die, house of Israel?'

divine Call » To repentance
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Conversion » Exhortations to
death » The death of the wicked
God » Call of » To repentance and a righteous life
God's Call » divine Call » To repentance and a righteous life
Newness » Renewing yourself
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Pleasure » What the lord has no pleasure in
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness

Ezekiel 33:12 (show verse)

"So you, son of man, say to {your people} [that] the righteousness of the righteous shall not save him in the day of his transgression, and the wickedness of the wicked {will not cause him to stumble} on the day of his returning from his wickedness; and [the] righteous will not be able to live by it on the day when he returns to his sin.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Supererogation » The doctrine of excessive and meritorious righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness

Ezekiel 33:13 (show verse)

When I say to the righteous, 'Certainly he will live,' and he trusted in his righteousness, and he [turns and he] does injustice, all of his righteousness will not be remembered, and because of his injustice that he did, because of it he will die.

Ezekiel 33:14 (show verse)

And when I say to the wicked, 'Certainly you will die,' but he returns from his sin and he does justice and righteousness--

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
death » Who shall not die
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness

Ezekiel 33:15 (show verse)

[for example], [the] wicked returns a pledge for a loan, he restores {stolen property}, he goes in the statutes of life [so as] not to do injustice--certainly he will live; he will not die.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
death » Who shall not die
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Restitution » Encouraged
Restitution » To be made for dishonesty
Restitution » To be made for theft
Robbery » Forgiven
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness

Ezekiel 33:16 (show verse)

All of his {sins that he committed}, they will not be remembered against him, and he did justice and righteousness; certainly he will live.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness

Ezekiel 33:17 (show verse)

"Yet {your people} say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' [yet] their way is not fair.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God, Justice of » Denied by the unGodly
Man » The ways of man
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 33:18 (show verse)

When [the] righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, then he will die {because of it}.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Man » The ways of man
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 33:19 (show verse)

And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and he does justice and righteousness, because of it {he will certainly live}!

Ezekiel 33:20 (show verse)

Yet you said, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' I will judge you, house of Israel, each [person] according to his ways."

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God, Justice of » Denied by the unGodly
Man » The ways of man
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 33:21 (show verse)

{And then} it was in {the twelfth} year, in the tenth [month], on the fifth [day] of the month of our exile, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, {saying}, "The city was destroyed!"

Time » Eras from which, computed » The captivity

Ezekiel 33:22 (show verse)

And the hand of Yahweh was on me on the evening {before} the coming of the survivor, and he opened my mouth {before the survivor came to me in the morning}, and my mouth was opened, and I was {no longer} dumb.

Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Feigns dumbness
Symbols and similitudes » Being mute

Ezekiel 33:23 (show verse)

And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

No Themes for this verse.

Ezekiel 33:24 (show verse)

"Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins on the soil of Israel [are] saying, 'Abraham was one [man], and he took possession of the land, and we [are] many; the land has been given for us as possession.'

Abraham » Canaan given to

Ezekiel 33:25 (show verse)

Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You eat blood [in your meat], and you raise your eyes to your idols and you pour out blood, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?

Blood » Forbidden to be used as food
Jerusalem » Catalogue of abominations in

Ezekiel 33:26 (show verse)

You rely on your sword, you do a detestable thing, and {each man defiles} the wife of his neighbor, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?" '

Adultery » Instances of » israelites
Jerusalem » Catalogue of abominations in

Ezekiel 33:27 (show verse)

"Thus you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{As I live}, {surely} whoever [is] in the ruins, by the sword they will fall, and whoever [is] on the surface of the open field, I will give him to the animals to eat him, and whoever [is] in the stronghold and in the cave, they will die by the plague.

Cave » Used as a dwelling » israelites
Caves » Afford no protection from the judgments of God
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet

Ezekiel 33:28 (show verse)

And I will make the land desolation and wasteland, and the pride of its strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will be desolate {with no one traveling through them}." '

Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet

Ezekiel 33:29 (show verse)

And they will know that I [am] Yahweh when I make my land desolation and wasteland, because of all of their detestable things that they have done.

Judgments » Different kinds of » Desolation
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet

Ezekiel 33:30 (show verse)

"And you, son of man, {your people}, the ones talking together concerning you beside the walls and in the doorways of the houses, each one with his brother {saying}, 'Please come and hear what [is] the word {that is going out from Yahweh}.'

Christian ministers » Message of, rejected
Covetousness » Who is covetous
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Heart » The hypocrites in heart
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet
Worship » Who worships the lord in vain

Ezekiel 33:31 (show verse)

And they come to you {as people do}, and they sit {before you}, and my people hear your words, and they do not do them, for they [are] showing passion in their mouth, but their heart [is] going after ill-gotten gain.

Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
Christian ministers » Message of, rejected
Covetousness » Who is covetous
Covetousness » Engrosses the heart
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Ezekiel » His popularity
Fleeting impressions » Made by the message
Heart » The hypocrites in heart
Hypocrites » Described as » Covetous
Hypocrites » Described as » Professing but not practising
Indifference » In service
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to formality in religion
Jews, the » National character of » Covetous
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Service » Half-hearted » Indifferent
Shallowness » No deep affection
Worship » Who worships the lord in vain
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
FALSE » Economy » Profession of religion

Ezekiel 33:32 (show verse)

Now, look! You [are] to them like {a sensual song}, beautiful of voice and {played well on an instrument}, and they hear your words, {but they are not doing them}.

Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
Careless hearing » Sentimentality
Christian ministers » Message of, rejected
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Ezekiel » His popularity
Harp » A stringed instrument of music
Hearing » Careless, characteristics of » Sentimentality
Heart » The hypocrites in heart
Hypocrites » Described as » Professing but not practising
Music » Musicians » Players on instruments
Musicians » Players on instruments
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Shallowness » Of sentimental hearing
Worship » Who worships the lord in vain
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
FALSE » Economy » Profession of religion

Ezekiel 33:33 (show verse)

So {when it comes}, look! It is coming! And [then] they will know that a prophet was in the midst of them."

Christian ministers » Message of, rejected
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet