# Ezekiel 3:20

> Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

— Ezekiel 3:20, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 593 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Ezekiel 1:1-2 dates itself by the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, which the Babylonian Chronicle puts in 597 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- Ezekiel 18:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/18/24
- Ezekiel 33:12-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/33/12
- Ezekiel 18:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/18/26
- Ezekiel 3:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/18
- Romans 2:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/2/7
- Hebrews 10:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/10/38
- Psalms 125:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/125/5
- 2 Peter 2:18-22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-peter/2/18

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).