Ezekiel 33:10 “Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what…”

Ezekiel 33:10

Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

“You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: ‘You say this, “Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?”’

American Standard Version

And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore, O thou sonne of man, speake vnto the house of Israel, Thus yee speake and say, If our transgressions and our sinnes bee vpon vs, and we are consumed because of them, howe should we then liue?

Darby Translation

And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how then should we live?

Young's Literal Translation

And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Rightly ye have spoken, saying: Surely our transgressions and our sins [are] on us, And in them we are wasting away, How, then, do we live?

Bible in Basic English

And you, son of man, say to the children of Israel, You say, Our wrongdoing and our sins are on us and we are wasting away in them; how then may we have life?

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Cross references

“If our”

Ezekiel 24:23 Leviticus 26:39

Ezekiel 24:23 · BSB

Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

Leviticus 26:39 · BSB

Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.

“how”

Ezekiel 37:11 Isaiah 49:14 Psalm 130:7 Isaiah 51:20 Jeremiah 2:25

Ezekiel 37:11 · BSB

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Isaiah 49:14 · BSB

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”

Psalm 130:7 · BSB

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

Isaiah 51:20 · BSB

Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

Jeremiah 2:25 · BSB

You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’

Also

Ezekiel 4:17

Ezekiel 4:17 · BSB

So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

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