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Ezekiel 33:3

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1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.

4 Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

5 Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.
KJV
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
WEB
if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
ASV
if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
DARBY
if he see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
BLB
and he sees the sword coming upon the land, and he blows on the shofar and warns the people,
ÅB
og han ser sverdet komme over landet og støter i basunen og advarer folket,
OTB
og han ser sverdet komme over landet og blåser i trompeten for å advare folket,
B1930
og han ser sverdet komme over landet og støter i basunen og advarer folket,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 8:1

    Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

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  • Nehemiah 4:20

    Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”

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  • Isaiah 58:1

    “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

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  • Jeremiah 4:5

    Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

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  • Joel 2:1

    Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

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  • Nehemiah 4:18

    And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

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  • Jeremiah 51:27

    “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

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  • Jeremiah 6:1

    “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

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