O mortal, speak to your people and say to them: When I bring the sword against a country, the citizens of that country take one of their number and appoint him their lookout.
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בןאדם
97
דבר
206
אלבניעמך
223
ואמרת
647
אליהם
86
ארץ
291
כיאביא
44
עליה
115
חרב
210
ולקחו
150
עםהארץ
406
איש
311
אחד
13
מקציהם
285
ונתנו
512
אתו
407
להם
75
לצפה
205
Ezekiel 33:3
Gematria: 3145
וראהאתהחרבבאהעלהארץותקעבשופרוהזהיראתהעם
Suppose he sees the sword advancing against the country, and he blows the horn and warns the people.
If anybody hears the sound of the horn but ignores the warning, and the sword comes and dispatches them, their blood shall be on their own head.
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ושמע
416
השמע
415
אתקול
537
השופר
591
ולא
37
נזהר
262
ותבוא
415
חרב
210
ותקחהו
525
דמו
50
בראשו
509
יהיה
30
Ezekiel 33:5
Gematria: 2720
אתקולהשופרשמעולאנזהרדמובויהיהוהואנזהרנפשומלט
Since they heard the sound of the horn but ignored the warning, their bloodguilt shall be upon themselves; had they taken the warning, they would have saved their life.
But if the lookout sees the sword advancing and does not blow the horn, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and destroys one of them, that person was destroyed for their own sins; however, I will demand a reckoning for their blood from the lookout.
Now, O mortal, I have appointed you a lookout for the House of Israel; and whenever you hear a message from My mouth, you must transmit My warning to them.
When I say to someone wicked, “Wicked one, you shall die,” but you have not spoken to warn themathem Heb. “the wicked one.” against their ways, then that wicked one shall die for their own iniquity, while from you I will demand a reckoning for their blood.
But if you have warned someone wicked to turn back from their ways, and they have not turned from their ways, they shall die for their own iniquity, while you will have saved your life.
Now, O mortal, say to the House of Israel: This is what you have been saying: “Our transgressions and our sins weigh heavily upon us; we are sick at heart about them. How can we survive?”
Say to them: As I live—declares the Sovereign GOD—it is not My desire that the wicked shall die, but that the wicked turn from their [evil] ways and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways, that you may not die, O House of Israel!
Now, O mortal, say to your people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not save them when they transgress, nor shall the wickedness of the wicked cause them to stumble when they turn back from their wickedness. The righteous shall not survive through their righteousnessbtheir righteousness Heb. “it.” when they sin.
When I say of the righteous “They shall surely live,” and, relying on their righteousness, they commit iniquity, none of their righteous deeds shall be remembered; but for the iniquity that they have committed they shall die.
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באמרי
253
לצדיק
234
חיה
23
יחיה
33
והואבטח
37
עלצדקתו
700
ועשה
381
עול
106
כלצדקתו
650
לא
31
תזכרנה
682
ובעולו
120
אשרעשה
876
בו
8
ימות
456
Ezekiel 33:14
Gematria: 3938
ובאמרילרשעמותתמותושבמחטאתוועשהמשפטוצדקה
So, too, when I say to the wicked, “You shall die,” and they turn back from their sinfulness and do what is just and right—
if the wicked restore a pledge, make good what they have taken by robbery, follow the laws of life,claws of life Cf. Lev. 18.5. and do not commit iniquity—they shall live, they shall not die.
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חבל
40
ישיב
322
רשע
570
גזלה
45
ישלם
380
בחקות
516
החיים
73
הלך
55
לבלתי
472
עשות
776
עול
106
חיו
24
יחיה
33
לא
31
ימות
456
Ezekiel 33:16
Gematria: 2808
כלחטאתואשרחטאלאתזכרנהלומשפטוצדקהעשהחיויחיה
None of the sins that they committed shall be remembered against them; since they do what is just and right, they shall live.
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כלחטאתו
474
אשר
501
חטא
18
לא
31
תזכרנה
682
לו
36
משפט
429
וצדקה
205
עשה
375
חיו
24
יחיה
33
Ezekiel 33:17
Gematria: 2076
ואמרובניעמךלאיתכןדרךאדניוהמהדרכםלאיתכן
Your people say, “The Sovereign’s way is unfair.” But it is their way that is unfair!
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ואמרו
253
בני
62
עמך
130
לא
31
יתכן
480
דרך
224
אדני
65
והמה
56
דרכם
264
לאיתכן
511
Ezekiel 33:18
Gematria: 2134
בשובצדיקמצדקתוועשהעולומתבהם
When someone righteous turns away from their righteous deeds to commit iniquity, they shall die for it.dfor it Or “despite them,” i.e., their righteous deeds.
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בשובצדיק
514
מצדקתו
640
ועשה
381
עול
106
ומת
446
בהם
47
Ezekiel 33:19
Gematria: 3117
ובשוברשעמרשעתוועשהמשפטוצדקהעליהםהואיחיה
And when someone wicked turns back from wickedness and does what is just and right, it is they who shall live by virtue of these things.
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ובשוב
316
רשע
570
מרשעתו
1016
ועשה
381
משפט
429
וצדקה
205
עליהם
155
הוא
12
יחיה
33
Ezekiel 33:20
Gematria: 3948
ואמרתםלאיתכןדרךאדניאישכדרכיואשפוטאתכםביתישראלפ
And will you say, “The Sovereign’s way is unfair”? I will judge each one of you according to your own ways, O House of Israel!
Now GOD’s hand had come upon me the evening before the fugitive arrived, opening my mouth before he came to me in the morning; thus my mouth was opened and I was no longer speechless.
O mortal, those who live in these ruins in the land of Israel argue, “Abraham was but one man, yet he was granted possession of the land. We are many; surely, the land has been given as a possession to us.”
Therefore say to them: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: You eat with the blood, you raise your eyes to your fetishes, and you shed blood—yet you expect to possess the land!
Thus shall you speak to them: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: As I live, those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and those who are in the open I have allotted as food to the beasts, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die by pestilence.
Note well, O mortal: your people who converse about you by the walls and in the doorways of their houses and say to each other and propose to one another, “Come and hear what word has issued from GOD.”
They will come to you in crowds and sit before you in throngsein crowds and sit before you in throngs Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Lit. “as a people come, and sit before you as My people.” and will hear your words, but they will not obey them. For they produce nothing but lust with their mouths;fthey produce nothing but lust with their mouths Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and their hearts pursue nothing but gain.
To them you are just a singer of bawdy songs, who has a sweet voice and plays skillfully; they hear your words, but will not obey them.
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והנך
81
להם
75
כשיר
530
עגבים
125
יפה
95
קול
136
ומטב
57
נגן
103
ושמעו
422
אתדבריך
637
ועשים
426
אינם
101
אותם
447
Ezekiel 33:33
Gematria: 841
ובבאההנהבאהוידעוכינביאהיהבתוכםפ
But when the predicted punishmentgthe predicted punishment Heb. “it”; cf. vv. 27–28. comes—and come it will—they shall know that a prophet has been among them.