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Ezekiel 33

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 33 of 48

1 And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

2 Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them: When I bring the sword on it, on a land, and take one man from the people of the land, their borders, and set him for a watchman to them,

3 and when he sees the sword coming on the land, and he blows the rams' horn and warns the people,

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Chapter Summary

Ezekiel is admonished of his duty.

Key Hebrew Words

צָפָה watchman H6822 · TWOT 1950
שֹׁפָר ram's horn, trumpet H7782 · TWOT 2449c
שׁוּב turn back, repent H7725 · TWOT 2340
רָשָׁע wicked one H7563 · TWOT 2222b
צְדָקָה righteousness H6666 · TWOT 1879b
נָבִיא prophet H5030 · TWOT 1277a

People & Context

Ezekiel

The prophet set as watchman to the house of Israel, whose mouth Jehovah opens when the fugitive brings word of Jerusalem's fall.

Abraham

The patriarch invoked by those in the ruins, who claim the land because he, though one man, possessed it.

Timeline

News of the City's Fall and End of Muteness

In the twelfth year, tenth month, fifth day, a fugitive from Jerusalem brings the news, "The city has been stricken". Ezekiel's mouth is opened, and he is no longer mute.

Ezekiel 33:21-22

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