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Ezekiel 33:1 (NIRV) New International Reader's Version

1 A message came to me from the Lord. He said,
2 "Son of man, speak to the people of your own country. Tell them, 'Suppose I send enemies against a land. And its people choose one of their men to stand guard.
3 He sees the enemies coming against the land. He blows a trumpet to warn the people.
4 " 'Someone hears the trumpet. But he does not pay any attention to the warning. The enemies come and kill him. Then what happens to him will be his own fault.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet. But he did not pay any attention to the warning. So what happened to him was his own fault. If he had paid attention, he would have saved himself.
6 " 'But suppose the guard sees the enemies coming. And he does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. The enemies come and kill one of them. Then his life has been taken away from him because he sinned. But I will hold the guard accountable for his death.'
7 "Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.
8 "Suppose I say to a sinful person, 'You can be sure that you will die.' And suppose you do not try to get him to change his ways. Then he will die because he has sinned. And I will hold you accountable for his death.
9 "But suppose you do warn that sinful person. You tell him to change his ways. But he does not do it. Then he will die because he has sinned. But you will have saved yourself.
10 "Son of man, speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, 'You are saying, "Our sins and the wrong things we have done weigh us down. We are wasting away because we have sinned so much. So how can we live?" '
11 "Tell them, 'When sinful people die, it does not give me any joy. But when they turn away from their sins and live, that makes me very happy. And that is just as sure as I am alive,' announces the Lord and King. 'So turn away from your sins! Change your evil ways! Why should you die, people of Israel?'
12 "Son of man, speak to the people of your own country. Tell them, 'The right things a godly person does will not save him when he does not obey the Lord. The wrong things a sinful person does will not destroy him when he turns away from them. If a godly person sins, he will not be allowed to live just because he used to do what is right.'
13 "Suppose I tell someone who is godly that he will live. And he trusts in the fact that he used to do what was right. But now he does what is evil. Then I will not remember any of the right things he has done. He will die because he has done so many evil things.
14 "Suppose I say to a sinful person, 'You can be sure you will die.' And then he turns away from his sin. He does what is fair and right.
15 He gives back what he took as security for a loan. He returns what he has stolen. He follows my rules that give life. He does not do what is evil. Then you can be sure he will live. He will not die.
16 None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is fair and right. So you can be sure he will live.
17 "In spite of that, your people say, 'What the Lord does isn't fair.' But it is what you do that is not fair.
18 "Suppose someone who is godly stops doing what is right. And he does what is evil. Then he will die because of it.
19 But suppose a sinful person turns away from the evil things he has done. And he does what is fair and right. Then he will live by doing that.
20 "In spite of that, you people of Israel say, 'What the Lord does isn't fair.' But I will judge each of you based on how you have lived."
21 It was the 12th year since we had been brought to Babylonia as prisoners. On the fifth day of the tenth month, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to bring me a report. He said, "The city has fallen!"
22 The evening before the man arrived, the Lord put his strong hand on me. He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened. I was no longer silent.
23 Then a message came to me from the Lord. He said,
24 "Son of man, the people who live in those broken-down buildings in Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one man. But he owned the land. We are many people. The land must certainly belong to us.'
25 "So tell them, 'The Lord and King says, "You eat meat that still has blood in it. You worship your gods. You commit murder. So should you still possess the land?
26 You depend on your swords. You do things I hate. Each one of you has sex with your neighbor's wife. So should you still possess the land?" '
27 "Tell them, 'The Lord and King says, "The people who are left in those broken-down buildings will be killed with swords. Wild animals will eat up those who are out in the country. Those who are in caves and other safe places will die of a plague. And that is just as sure as I am alive.
28 " ' "I will turn the land into a dry and empty desert. The strength Jerusalem is so proud of will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be deserted. No one will travel across them.
29 So I will turn the land into a dry and empty desert. I will punish my people because of all of the evil things they have done. I hate those things. They will know that I am the Lord." '
30 "Son of man, your people are talking about you. They are getting together by the walls of their houses and at their doors. They are saying to one another, 'Come. Listen to the Lord's message.'
31 "My people come to you, just as they usually do. They sit in front of you. They listen to what you say. But they do not put it into practice. With their mouths they claim to be faithful to me. But in their hearts they want what belongs to others. They try to get rich by cheating them.
32 You are nothing more to them than someone who sings love songs. They say you have a beautiful voice. They think you play an instrument well. They listen to what you say. But they do not put it into practice.
33 "Everything I have told you will come true. You can be sure of it. Then the people will know that a prophet has been among them."
1 Again the word H1697 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS came H1961 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-1MS me , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
2 Son H1121 of man H120 NMS , speak H1696 VPFC to H413 PREP the children H1121 of thy people H5971 , and say H559 unto H413 PREP them , When H3588 CONJ I bring H935 the sword H2719 NFS upon H5921 PREP-3FS a land H776 GFS , if the people H5971 NMS of the land H776 D-GFS take H3947 a H259 MMS man H376 NMS of their coasts H7097 , and set H5414 him for their watchman H6822 :
3 If when he seeth H7200 the sword H2719 D-GFS come H935 VQQ3FS upon H5921 PREP the land H776 D-GFS , he blow H8628 the trumpet H7782 , and warn H2094 the people H5971 D-NMS ;
4 Then whosoever heareth H8085 the sound H6963 CMS of the trumpet H7782 , and taketh not warning H2094 ; if the sword H2719 GFS come H935 W-VQY3FS , and take him away H3947 , his blood H1818 CMS-3MS shall be H1961 upon his own head H7218 .
5 He heard H8085 the sound H6963 CMS of the trumpet H7782 , and took not warning H2094 ; his blood H1818 CMS-3MS shall be H1961 VQY3MS upon him . But he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS that taketh warning H2094 shall deliver H4422 his soul H5315 NMS-3MS .
6 But if H3588 CONJ the watchman H6822 see H7200 VQY3MS the sword H2719 D-GFS come H935 VQQ3FS , and blow H8628 not H3808 ADV the trumpet H7782 , and the people H5971 be not H3808 ADV warned H2094 ; if the sword H2719 GFS come H935 W-VQY3FS , and take H3947 W-VQY3FS any person H5315 from among H4480 them , he H1931 PPRO-3MS is taken away H3947 in his iniquity H5771 ; but his blood H1818 will I require H1875 at the watchman H6822 \'s hand H3027 .
7 So thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS , O son H1121 CMS of man H120 NMS , I have set H5414 thee a watchman H6822 unto the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ; therefore thou shalt hear H8085 the word H1697 VQPMS at my mouth H6310 M-CMS , and warn H2094 them from H4480 PREP-1MS me .
8 When I say H559 unto the wicked H7563 , O wicked H7563 AMS man , thou shalt surely die H4191 VQFA ; if thou dost not H3808 W-NPAR speak H1696 to warn H2094 the wicked H7563 AMS from his way H1870 M-CMS-3MS , that H1931 PPRO-3MS wicked H7563 AMS man shall die H4191 VQY2MS in his iniquity H5771 ; but his blood H1818 will I require H1245 at thine hand H3027 M-CFS-2MS .
9 Nevertheless , if H3588 CONJ thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS warn H2094 the wicked H7563 AMS of his way H1870 M-CMS-3MS to turn H7725 from H4480 M-PREP-3FS it ; if he do not H3808 W-NPAR turn H7725 VQQ3MS from his way H1870 M-CMS-3MS , he H1931 PPRO-3MS shall die H4191 VQY3MS in his iniquity H5771 ; but thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS hast delivered H5337 thy soul H5315 .
10 Therefore , O thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS son H1121 CMS of man H120 NMS , speak H559 unto H413 PREP the house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 ; Thus H3651 ADV ye speak H559 , saying H559 L-VQFC , If H3588 CONJ our transgressions H6588 and our sins H2403 be upon H5921 PREP-1MP us , and we H587 PPRO-1MP pine away H4743 in them , how H349 W-IJEC should we then live H2421 ?
11 Say H559 unto H413 PREP-3MP them , As I H589 PPRO-1MS live H2416 AMS , saith H5002 the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 , I have no pleasure H2654 in the death H4194 of the wicked H7563 ; but H518 PART that the wicked H7563 AMS turn H7725 from his way H1870 M-CMS-3MS and live H2421 : turn H7725 ye , turn H7725 ye from your evil H7451 ways H1870 ; for why H4100 WL-IGAT will ye die H4191 , O house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 LMS ?
12 Therefore , thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS son H1121 CMS of man H120 NMS , say H559 unto H413 PREP the children H1121 of thy people H5971 , The righteousness H6666 of the righteous H6662 shall not H3808 NADV deliver H5337 him in the day H3117 B-NMS of his transgression H6588 : as for the wickedness H7564 of the wicked H7563 , he shall not H3808 ADV fall H3782 thereby in the day H3117 B-NMS that he turneth H7725 VQFC-3MS from his wickedness H7562 ; neither H3808 NADV shall the righteous H6662 W-AMS be able H3201 VQY3MS to live H2421 for his righteousness in the day H3117 B-NMS that he sinneth H2398 .
13 When I shall say H559 to the righteous H6662 , that he shall surely live H2421 ; if he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS trust H982 to H5921 PREP his own righteousness H6666 , and commit H6213 W-VQQ3MS iniquity H5766 NMS , all H3605 NMS his righteousnesses H6666 shall not H3808 NADV be remembered H2142 ; but for his iniquity H5766 that H834 RPRO he hath committed H6213 W-VQQ3MS , he shall die H4191 for it .
14 Again , when I say H559 unto the wicked H7563 , Thou shalt surely die H4191 VQFA ; if he turn H7725 W-VQQ3MS from his sin H2403 , and do H6213 W-VQQ3MS that which is lawful H4941 NMS and right H6666 ;
15 If the wicked H7563 AMS restore H7725 VHY3MS the pledge H2258 , give again H7999 VPY3MS that he had robbed H1500 , walk H1980 VQQ3MS in the statutes H2708 of life H2416 D-NMP , without H1115 L-NPAR committing H6213 VQFC iniquity H5766 NMS ; he shall surely live H2421 , he shall not H3808 NADV die H4191 .
16 None H3808 NADV of his sins H2403 that H834 RPRO he hath committed H2398 VQQ3MS shall be mentioned H2142 unto him : he hath done H6213 VQQ3MS that which is lawful H4941 NMS and right H6666 ; he shall surely live H2421 .
17 Yet the children H1121 of thy people H5971 say H559 W-VQQ3MP , The way H1870 NMS of the Lord H136 EDS is not equal H8505 : but as for them H1992 , their way H1870 NMS is not equal H8505 .
18 When the righteous H6662 AMS turneth H7725 from his righteousness H6666 , and committeth H6213 W-VQQ3MS iniquity H5766 NMS , he shall even die H4191 thereby .
19 But if the wicked H7563 AMS turn H7725 from his wickedness H7564 , and do H6213 W-VQQ3MS that which is lawful H4941 NMS and right H6666 , he H1931 PPRO-3MS shall live H2421 thereby H5921 PREP-3MP .
20 Yet ye say H559 , The way H1870 NMS of the Lord H136 EDS is not equal H8505 . O ye house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 LMS , I will judge H8199 you every one H376 NMS after his ways H1870 NMS .
21 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS in the twelfth H8147 year H8141 NFS of our captivity H1546 , in the tenth H6224 month , in the fifth H2568 day of the month H2320 LD-NMS , that one that had escaped H6412 D-NMS out of Jerusalem H3389 came H935 VQPMS unto H413 PREP-1MS me , saying H559 L-VQFC , The city H5892 D-GFS is smitten H5221 .
22 Now the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 EDS was H1961 VQQ3FS upon H413 PREP-1MS me in the evening H6153 , before H6440 L-CMP he that was escaped H6412 D-NMS came H935 VQFC ; and had opened H6605 W-VQY3MS my mouth H6310 , until H5704 PREP he came H935 VQFC to H413 PREP-1MS me in the morning H1242 B-NMS ; and my mouth H6310 was opened H6605 , and I was no more dumb H481 .
23 Then the word H1697 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS came H1961 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-1MS me , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
24 Son H1121 of man H120 NMS , they that inhabit H3427 those H428 D-DPRO-3MP wastes H2723 of H5921 PREP the land H127 of Israel H3478 speak H559 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Abraham H85 was H1961 VQQ3MS one H259 MMS , and he inherited H3423 the land H776 D-GFS : but we H587 are many H7227 AMP ; the land H776 D-GFS is given H5414 VNQ3FS us for inheritance H4181 .
25 Wherefore H3651 L-ADV say H559 unto H413 PREP them , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ; Ye eat H398 with H5921 PREP the blood H1818 , and lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 toward H413 PREP your idols H1544 , and shed H8210 blood H1818 : and shall ye possess H3423 the land H776 WD-GFS ?
26 Ye stand H5975 upon H5921 PREP your sword H2719 , ye work H6213 abomination H8441 , and ye defile H2930 every one H376 W-NMS his neighbor H7453 NMS-3MS \'s wife H802 CFS : and shall ye possess H3423 the land H776 WD-GFS ?
27 Say H559 VQY2MS thou thus H3541 unto H413 PREP-3MS them , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ; As I H589 PPRO-1MS live H2416 AMS , surely H518 PART they that H834 RPRO are in the wastes H2723 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 , and him that H834 RPRO is in H5921 PREP the open H6440 CMP field H7704 D-NMS will I give H5414 to the beasts H2416 to be devoured H398 , and they that H834 RPRO be in the forts H4679 and in the caves H4631 shall die H4191 of the pestilence H1698 .
28 For I will lay H5414 the land H776 D-GFS most desolate H8077 , and the pomp H1347 CMS of her strength H5797 shall cease H7673 ; and the mountains H2022 CMP of Israel H3478 shall be desolate H8074 , that none H369 shall pass through H5674 .
29 Then shall they know H3045 that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS , when I have laid H5414 the land H776 D-GFS most desolate H8077 because of H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS their abominations H8441 which H834 RPRO they have committed H6213 .
30 Also , thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS son H1121 CMS of man H120 NMS , the children H1121 CMS of thy people H5971 still are talking H1696 against thee by H681 the walls H7023 and in the doors H6607 of the houses H1004 , and speak H1696 one H2297 to H854 PREP another H259 , every one H376 NMS to H854 PREP his brother H251 CMS-3MS , saying H559 L-VQFC , Come H935 , I pray you H4994 IJEC , and hear H8085 what H4100 IGAT is the word H1697 D-NMS that cometh forth H3318 from PREP the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
31 And they come H935 unto H413 PREP-2MS thee as the people H5971 NMS cometh H3996 , and they sit H3427 before H6440 L-CMP-2MS thee as my people H5971 , and they hear H8085 thy words H1697 , but they will not H3808 NADV do H6213 them : for H3588 CONJ with their mouth H6310 B-CMS-3MP they H1992 PPRO-3MP show H6213 much love H5690 , but their heart H3820 CMS-3MP goeth H1980 VQPMS after H310 PREP their covetousness H1215 .
32 And , lo H2009 , thou art unto them as a very lovely H5690 song H7892 of one that hath a pleasant H3303 voice H6963 CMS , and can play well on an instrument H5059 : for they hear H8085 thy words H1697 , but they do H6213 them not H369 .
33 And when this cometh to pass H935 , ( IJEC lo H2009 IJEC , it will come H935 , ) then shall they know H3045 that H3588 CONJ a prophet H5030 hath been H1961 VQQ3MS among H8432 them .
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