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Ezekiel 3:20 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 3 · verse 20
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.Ezekiel 3:20 · King James Version
Ezekiel 3:20 in context
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.
20Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
22And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
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Key words (Strong's)
- stumblingblockmikshôwla stumbling-block, literally or figuratively , scruple)H4383 →
- righteousnesstsedeqthe rightH6664 →
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- iniquityʻevelevilH5766 →
- warningzâharto gleamH2094 →
- commitʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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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