Verse 17
Ezekiel 33:17
New Living Translation
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“Your people are saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right,’ but it is they who are not doing what’s right.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אָמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמְּ/ךָ֔ לֹ֥א יִתָּכֵ֖ן דֶּ֣רֶךְ אֲדֹנָ֑/י וְ/הֵ֖מָּה דַּרְכָּ֥/ם לֹֽא יִתָּכֵֽן
English Translation
And the sons of your people will say, "The way of the Lord is not right," and they are the ones whose way is not right.
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Chapter 33 Context
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Once again a message came to me from the LORD:
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“Son of man, give your people this message: ‘When I bring an army against a country, the people of t...
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When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he sounds the alarm to warn the people.
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Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action, it is their own fault if they die.
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They heard the alarm but ignored it, so the responsibility is theirs. If they had listened to the wa...
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But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is resp...
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“Now, son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I s...
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If I announce that some wicked people are sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways...
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9
But if you warn them to repent and they don’t repent, they will die in their sins, but you will have...
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“Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: You are saying, ‘Our sins are heavy upon us; we...
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11
As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I on...
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12
“Son of man, give your people this message: The righteous behavior of righteous people will not save...
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13
When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin, expecting their past righteousn...
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And suppose I tell some wicked people that they will surely die, but then they turn from their sins...
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For instance, they might give back a debtor’s security, return what they have stolen, and obey my li...
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None of their past sins will be brought up again, for they have done what is just and right, and the...
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“Your people are saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right,’ but it is they who are not doing what’...
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For again I say, when righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and turn to evil, the...
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But if wicked people turn from their wickedness and do what is just and right, they will live.
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O people of Israel, you are saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right.’ But I judge each of you acc...
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21
On January 8, during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and sai...
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The previous evening the LORD had taken hold of me and given me back my voice. So I was able to spea...
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Then this message came to me from the LORD:
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“Son of man, the scattered remnants of Israel living among the ruined cities keep saying, ‘Abraham w...
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So tell these people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You eat meat with blood in it, you wors...
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Murderers! Idolaters! Adulterers! Should the land belong to you?’
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“Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins...
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I will completely destroy the land and demolish her pride. Her arrogant power will come to an end. T...
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When I have completely destroyed the land because of their detestable sins, then they will know that...
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“Son of man, your people talk about you in their houses and whisper about you at the doors. They say...
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So my people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they h...
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You are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings love songs with a beautiful voice or plays...
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But when all these terrible things happen to them — as they certainly will — then they will know a p...
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