Ezekiel 33:3
1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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:
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
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.
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.
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
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Read in contextNehemiah 4:20
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Read in contextJoel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Read in contextNehemiah 4:18
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:27
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:1
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
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