Ezekiel 3:18

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	בְּאָמְרִ֤י be.'a.me.Ri	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
wicked	לָֽרָשָׁע֙ la.ra.Sha'	H7563	morally wrong · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
surely	מ֣וֹת Mot	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal infinitive absolute
die	תָּמ֔וּת ta.Mut	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
warning	הִזְהַרְתּ֗וֹ hiz.har.To	H2094	to gleam · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
speakest	דִבַּ֛רְתָּ di.Bar.ta	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
warn	לְהַזְהִ֥יר le.haz.Hir	H2094	to gleam · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
wicked	רָשָׁ֛ע ra.Sha'	H7563	morally wrong · noun, common masculine singular absolute
wicked	הָרְשָׁעָ֖ה ha.re.sha.'Ah	H7563	morally wrong · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
way	מִדַּרְכּ֥וֹ mi.dar.Ko	H1870	a road (as trodden) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
life	לְחַיֹּת֑וֹ le.chai.yo.To	H2421	to live · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
wicked	רָשָׁע֙ ra.Sha'	H7563	morally wrong · noun, common masculine singular absolute
die	יָמ֔וּת ya.Mut	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
iniquity	בַּעֲוֹנ֣וֹ ba.'a.vo.No	H5771	perversity · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
blood	וְדָמ֖וֹ ve.da.Mo	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
require	אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ 'a.va.Kesh	H1245	to search out (by any method · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
hand	מִיָּדְךָ֥ mi.ya.de.Kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

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…
James 5:19-20 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Ezekiel 3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: beca…
Acts 20:26-27 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Ezekiel 33:8-10 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man sha…
Luke 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:16-21

These further instructions God gave to the prophet at the end of seven days, that is, on the seventh day after the vision he had; and it is very probably that both that and this were on the sabbath day, which the house of Israel, even in their captivity, observed as well as they could in those circumstances. We do not find that their conquerors and oppressors tied them to any constant service, as their Egyptian task-masters had formerly done, but that they might observe the sabbath-rest for a sign to distinguish between them and their neighbours; but for the sabbath-work they had not the convenience of temple or synagogue, only it should seem they had a place by the river side where prayer w…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 3:18

warning . . . speakest to warn--The repetition implies that it is not enough to warn once in passing, but that the warning is to be inculcated continually (Ti2 4:2, "in season, out of season"; Act 20:31, "night and day with tears"). save--Eze 2:5 had seemingly taken away all hope of salvation; but the reference there was to the mass of the people whose case was hopeless; a few individuals, however, were reclaimable. die in . . . iniquity-- (Joh 8:21, Joh 8:24). Men are not to flatter themselves that their ignorance, owing to the negligence of their teachers, will save them (Rom 2:12, "As many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law").

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 3:18

Thou shalt surely die - That is, If he turn not from his wickedness, and thou givest him not warning, as above, he shalt die in his iniquity, which he should not have committed; but his blood will I require at thy hand - I will visit thy soul for the loss of his. O how awful is this! Hear it, ye priests, ye preachers, ye ministers of the Gospel; ye, especially, who have entered into the ministry for a living, ye who gather a congregation to yourselves that ye may feed upon their fat, and clothe yourselves with their wool; in whose parishes and in whose congregations souls are dying unconverted from day to day, who have never been solemnly warned by you, and to whom you have never shown the w…

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The Church Fathers

It is of the greatest importance that the superior [in a religious community] be convinced that if he fails to offer his brother the proper guidance, he will draw on himself heavy and inescapable wrath, for his blood will be required at his hands.
— Basil of Caesarea, THE LONG RULES 29

It is necessary for us to rebuke, either in secret or in public, those who are careless. Now if the one whom we reprove is wicked, when we do so he will notice by whom he is rebuked, and he will more readily recognize what is being corrected in the one who is reproving him than in himself.
— Caesarius of Arles, SERMONS 145:1

Whenever we preach something hard, we do not do so because we believe that you have done something of the sort, but we denounce things that you have not done, in order to be able to cure those matters in which you may have been overcome. It often happens that we fear to do great wrongs but more quickly fail to guard against slight ones.
— Caesarius of Arles, SERMONS 57:2

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Dictionary and topics

Ignorance · SINS OF — SINS OF
Ministers · Should preach: With faithfulness — Should preach: With faithfulness
Prophets · Were required: To be vigilant and faithful — Were required: To be vigilant and faithful
Punishment Of The Wicked, The · On account of their: Iniquity — On account of their: Iniquity
Salvation · Ministers: Should exhort to — Ministers: Should exhort to

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 3:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:16-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 3:18

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 3:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 3:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:16-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 3:18

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 3:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 3:18

John Calvin on Ezekiel 3:18

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 3:1–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 3:16-19

Rashi on Ezekiel 3:17