Ezekiel 33:7-9

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ¹  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf. 33:8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ ²  and you do not warn ³  the wicked about his behavior, ⁴  the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. ⁵  33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, ⁶  and he refuses to change, ⁷  he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Ezekiel 33:14-16

33:14 Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right. 33:15 He ⁸  returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, ⁹  committing no iniquity. He will certainly live – he will not die. 33:16 None of the sins he has committed will be counted ¹⁰  against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

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¹ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.

² tn The same expression occurs in Gen 2:17.

³ tn Heb “and you do not speak to warn.”

⁴ tn Heb “way.”

⁵ tn Heb “and his blood from your hand I will seek.”

⁶ tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”

⁷ tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”

⁸ tn Heb “the wicked one.”

⁹ tn Heb “and in the statutes of life he walks.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “remembered.”