Jeremiah 6:17
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17 I raised up watchmen[a] for them:
“Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!”
But they said, “We will not pay attention!”
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- 6:17 Watchmen: the prophets who, like Jeremiah, had upheld God’s moral law.
Ezekiel 3:17
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17 Son of man, I have appointed you a sentinel for the house of Israel.(A) When you hear a word from my mouth, you shall warn them for me.
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Ezekiel 33:2
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2 Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: When I bring the sword against a land, if the people of that land select one of their number as a sentinel[a] for them,(A)
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- 33:2 Sentinel: the theme of the sentinel’s duty initiates a new commission to announce salvation (chaps. 33–48), just as the same command (3:17–21) opened Ezekiel’s ministry to announce judgment (chaps. 3–24).
Ezekiel 33:6
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6 If, however, the sentinel sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the sword attacks and takes someone’s life, his life will be taken for his own sin, but I will hold the sentinel responsible for his blood.
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Ezekiel 33:7
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7 (A)You, son of man—I have appointed you as a sentinel for the house of Israel; when you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them for me.
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