Ezekiel 33:2 ““Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the…”

Ezekiel 33:2

“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

“Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them, ‘When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman,

American Standard Version

Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;

Geneva Bible 1599

Sonne of man, speake to the children of thy people, and say vnto them, When I bring the sworde vpon a lande, if the people of the lande take a man from among them, and make him their watchman,

Darby Translation

Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them all, and set him for their watchman:

Young's Literal Translation

'Son of man, speak unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast said unto them: A land — when I bring in against it a sword, And the people of the land have taken one man out of their borders, And made him to them for a watchman.

Bible in Basic English

Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman:

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Cross references

“speak”

Ezekiel 33:30 Ezekiel 33:17 Ezekiel 3:11 Ezekiel 3:27

Ezekiel 33:30 · BSB

As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD…

Ezekiel 33:17 · BSB

Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

Ezekiel 3:11 · BSB

Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

Ezekiel 3:27 · BSB

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

“When I bring the sword upon a land”

Ezekiel 14:17 Zechariah 13:7 Ezekiel 6:3 Ezekiel 11:8 Ezekiel 14:21 Ezekiel 21:9–16

Ezekiel 14:17 · BSB

Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,

Zechariah 13:7 · BSB

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Ezekiel 6:3 · BSB

You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy yo…

Ezekiel 11:8 · BSB

You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 14:21 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

Ezekiel 21:9–16 · BSB

“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

“set”

Isaiah 62:6 Ezekiel 33:7 2 Samuel 18:24–27 2 Kings 9:17–20 Isaiah 21:6–9 Jeremiah 51:12

Isaiah 62:6 · BSB

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

Ezekiel 33:7 · BSB

As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.

2 Samuel 18:24–27 · BSB

Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.

2 Kings 9:17–20 · BSB

Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in pe…

Isaiah 21:6–9 · BSB

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

Jeremiah 51:12 · BSB

Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

Also

Ezekiel 37:18 Ezekiel 33:12

Ezekiel 37:18 · BSB

When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’

Ezekiel 33:12 · BSB

Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he tu…

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

In context

1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

3and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.

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