Ezekiel 3:21
But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 593 BC
WHEN
593 BC
dated by the text itself
Ezekiel prophesies from Babylon, not from Jerusalem.
WHO RULED
- Nebuchadnezzar II king of Babylon 605-562 BC
SOURCES
- date — Ezekiel 1:1-2 dates itself by the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, which the Babylonian Chronicle puts in 597 BC.
- Nebuchadnezzar II — 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
- 1 Timothy 4:16 Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
- Proverbs 9:9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- 1 Corinthians 4:14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
- Titus 2:15 Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
- James 5:20 consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
- Psalms 19:11 By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
- Ezekiel 3:19-20 But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself. …
- Acts 20:31 Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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