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Ezekiel 33:9 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 33 · verse 9
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.Ezekiel 33:9 · King James Version
Ezekiel 33:9 in context
7So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10Therefore, 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?
11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deliverednâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- warnzâharto gleamH2094 →
- turnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
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The prophet had been, by express order from God, taken off from prophesying to the Jews, just then when the news came that Jerusalem was invested, and close siege laid to it, Eze 24:27. But now that Jerusalem is taken, two years after, he is appointed again to direct his speech to them;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9