Ezekiel 33:7

God applies the parable: He has set Ezekiel as watchman to Israel, bound to deliver His warnings. The prophet's solemn duty is to speak God's word.

Cross-references · 23

• Jer 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
• Ezek 3:17–21“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
• Ezek 2:7–8But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
• Heb 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
• Isa 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
• Jer 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
• 1 Th 4:1–2Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
• Jer 6:27“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
• 2 Chr 19:10For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
• Eph 4:11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
• Col 1:28–29We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
• Song 5:7I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
• 1 Kgs 22:16–28But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
• Jer 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
• Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
• Acts 20:26–27Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
• 1 Cor 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
• Song 3:3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
• Jer 31:6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
• Mic 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
• 1 Cor 15:3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
• 1 Kgs 22:14But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”

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