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Ezekiel 33

Ezekiel 33:30

Word of Jerusalem’s Fall · Ezekiel 33:21–33
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Translations

Modern
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
Traditional
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.
Literal
And you, son of man, the sons of your people are speaking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses, and they speak one to to another, a man to his brother, saying: ‘Come, now, and hear what is the word coming forth from YHWH.’
Latin
Et tu, fili hominis, filii populi tui, qui loquuntur de te juxta muros et in ostiis domorum, et dicunt unus ad alterum, vir ad proximum suum, loquentes: Venite, et audiamus quis sit sermo egrediens a Domino.

Original

Hebrew
English
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

Notes

Ezekiel 33:30–33

The situation was not much better among the exiles in Babylon.

Many of them talked about Ezekiel’s messages. They discussed what he said, but they did not change their attitudes or behavior. They were no different from the people still living in Judah.

They would sit in front of Ezekiel and appear sincere. However, they did not plan to obey what the Lord told them. They treated his messages as something pleasant to hear.

But the Lord warned them that, in time, the truth would be clear. Events would show that the words of a true prophet carry God’s power.

Ezekiel 33:23–33

People in Judah (Ezekiel 33:23–29) and those in exile (33:30–33) continued to act as they had before Jerusalem fell.

Theme notes and profiles

Religious Hypocrisy

Events

Glossary

Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of Prophecy

Topics

Christian Minister: Message of, Rejected Hearers: General Scriptures Concerning Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Infidelity: General Scriptures Concerning