Son 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.
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4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsSon 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.
“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.
that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.
Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)