Ezekiel 33:2 Cross References - NSB

² »Son of man, speak to your people. Tell them: ‘Suppose I bring war on this country and the people of this country choose one of their men and make him their watchman.

²⁵ »‘I will bring war on you to get revenge for my promise you rejected. When you gather in your cities, I will send plagues on you and you will fall under the control of your enemy.

²⁴ David was sitting between the two gates. The watchman walked along the roof of the gate by the wall. He looked at the man running alone. ²⁵ The watchman called and alerted the king. If he is alone, the king said, »He has good news to tell.« The runner came closer. ²⁶ The watchman saw another man running. He called: »There is another man running alone.« The king said: »This one is also bringing good news.« ²⁷ The watchman said: »It appears the first one runs like Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son. He’s a good man,« the king said. »He must be coming with good news.«

¹⁷ The watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his company coming. He said: »I see a company of people.« Joram said: »Send out a horseman to them and let him ask: ‘Do you come in peace?’« ¹⁸ So a horseman went out to them and said: »The king asks: ‘Do you come in peace? ‘« Jehu said: »What have you to do with peace? Follow me.« The watchman reported that the horseman reached the group and was returning. ¹⁹ A second man was sent out on horseback. He approached them and asked the same thing: »Do you come in peace?« Jehu replied: »What have you to do with peace? Follow me.« ²⁰ The watchman reported: »He went up to them and has not come back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu, son of Nimshi, for he is driving violently.«

⁶ For this is what Jehovah says to me: »Go, station the lookout, and let him report what he sees. ⁷ »When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, a train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention.« ⁸ The watchman called out from the tower: »Sir, I stand on the watchtower every day. Every night, I stand guard at my post. ⁹ »Look! Here come chariots and horsemen in pairs. Then he said: ‘Babylon has fallen! She has fallen! All the idols they worship lie shattered on the ground.’«

⁹ Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest! ¹⁰ Israel’s watchmen are blind. They all lack knowledge they are all mute dogs. They cannot bark. They just lie around and dream, they love to sleep.

⁶ »I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. Whoever calls on Jehovah, do not allow yourselves any rest,

¹² »Across the entire desert highlands people have come to plunder. Jehovah has sent war to destroy the entire land. No one can live in peace.

² »When they ask you where they should go, say to them: This is what Jehovah says: Those who are to die will die. Those who are to die in wars will die in wars. Those who are to die in famines will die in famines. Those who are to die in captivity will die in captivity. ³ »I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares Jehovah. I will send swords to kill, dogs to drag away, and birds of the air and animals of the earth to devour and destroy.

³¹ »‘The sound is echoing to the ends of the earth because Jehovah has brought charges against the nations. He will judge all humans. He will kill the wicked,’ declares Jehovah.

⁶ »You cry out: Sword of Jehovah, how long will you keep on fighting? Go back into your sheath. Stay there and rest! ⁷ »How can the sword of Jehovah rest? Jehovah has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast. He has assigned it to be there.« (Ezekiel 21:3, 30) (Revelation 19:15, 16)

¹² »Give the signal to attack Babylon's walls. Strengthen the guard! Post the sentries! Place troops in ambush! Jehovah has done what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.«

¹¹ »Go to the exiles, to your people. Whether they listen or not, tell them: This is what the Lord Jehovah says.«

²⁷ »But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth. You will tell them: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says.’ Some will listen and some will refuse to listen for they are a rebellious people.

³ »Say this: ‘You mountains of Israel listen to the word of the Lord Jehovah! This is what the Lord Jehovah says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: »I am going to attack you with a sword and destroy your worship sites.

¹⁷ ‘»What if I bring a war against that country by saying I will let a war go throughout this country. And then I destroy the people and the animals in it.

²¹ ‘»This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will surely send four terrible punishments against Jerusalem. I will send wars, famines, wild animals, and plagues. They will destroy people and animals.

⁸ ‘»Are you afraid of swords? I will bring soldiers with swords to attack you,’ is the utterance of Jehovah.

⁹ »Son of man, prophecy and say, ‘this is what Jehovah says: »A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished! ¹⁰ ‘»‘It is sharpened to make a slaughter and polished to flash like lightning! Shall we rejoice in the rod of my son despising every tree?’«’« ¹¹ ‘»The sword was given to be polished, that it might be handled. The sword is sharpened and polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. ¹² ‘»Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the officials of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Therefore strike your thigh. ¹³ ‘»For there is testing. And what if even the rod that despises will be no more?« Declares the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁴ »You therefore, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands together. Let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword for the slain. It is the sword for the great one slain, which surrounds them, ¹⁵ that their hearts may melt (lose their courage), and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning. It is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter. ¹⁶ »Show yourself sharp, go to the right, set yourself, go to the left, wherever your edge is appointed.

³⁰ »Son of man, your people are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of their homes. They are saying to each other: ‘Let's go and hear the word that has come from Jehovah.’

¹⁸ ‘Tell us what you mean by this.’

⁷ »Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the people of Israel. Listen to what I say and warn them for me.

¹² »Son of man, tell the Israelites that when someone good sins, the good he has done will not save him. If an evil person stops doing evil he will not be punished, and if a good man starts sinning, his life will not be spared.

¹⁷ »But your people say: ‘Jehovah’s way is not right.’ Yet, their ways are not right.

⁸ Prophets are God’s watchmen over Ephraim. Yet, traps are set on every prophet’s path and people are hostile in the Temple of their God.

⁷ »Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow (neighbor) (companion), said Jehovah of Hosts: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered! I will turn my hand upon (against) the little ones.