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 26:2Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
• Ezek 3:17–21Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
• Ezek 2:7–8And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
• Heb 13:17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
• Acts 5:20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
• Isa 62:6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
• Jer 1:17Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
• 1 Th 4:1–2Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
• Jer 6:27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
• 2 Chr 19:10And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
• Eph 4:11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
• Col 1:28–29Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
• Song 5:7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
• 1 Kgs 22:16–28And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
• Jer 23:28The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
• Acts 20:20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
• Acts 20:26–27Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
• 1 Cor 11:23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
• Song 3:3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
• Jer 31:6For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
• Mic 7:4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
• 1 Cor 15:3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
• 1 Kgs 22:14And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.

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