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Ezekiel 33:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. "
Ezekiel 33:17
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die
19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live
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Ezekiel 33:1
"Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 33:2
"Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:"
Ezekiel 33:3
"If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;"
Ezekiel 33:4
"Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head."
Ezekiel 33:5
"He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul."
Ezekiel 33:6
"But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand."
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