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Ezekiel 33:20-22
International Standard Version
Ezekiel 33:20-22
International Standard Version
20 “And yet you keep saying, ‘Living life[a] the Lord’s way isn’t right,’ But I will judge every one of you according to the way you live, you house of Israel!”
False Reliance on Abraham’s Heritage
21 On the fifth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year of our captivity, a fugitive who had escaped from Jerusalem came and informed me, “The city has been destroyed.”
22 Now the hand of the Lord had been touching me the evening before that fugitive arrived, so the Lord had given me something to say by the time the messenger[b] arrived the next morning. He opened my mouth and I no longer had nothing to say to him.[c]
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- Ezekiel 33:20 Lit. saying, ‘The way of
- Ezekiel 33:22 Lit. time he
- Ezekiel 33:22 The Heb. lacks to him
Ezekiel 33:20-22
New International Version
Ezekiel 33:20-22
New International Version
20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”(A)
Jerusalem’s Fall Explained
21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(B) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(C)” 22 Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,(D) and he opened my mouth(E) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.(F)
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