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Ezekiel 3:17 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 3 · verse 17
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.Ezekiel 3:17 · King James Version
Ezekiel 3:17 in context
15Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
16And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- watchmantsâphâhproperly, to lean forwardH6822 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- madenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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These further instructions God gave to the prophet at the end of seven days, that is, on the seventh day after the vision he had; and it is very probably that both that and this were on the sabbath day, which the house of Israel, even in their captivity, observed as well as they could in those circumstances.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-21