Ezekiel 33:2 Cross References
Ezekiel 33:2
2: "Son of man, give your people this message: When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose a watchman.
Ezekiel 3:11
- Then go to your people in exile and say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says!' Do this whether they listen to you or not."
Ezekiel 14:17
- "Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I told enemy armies to come and destroy everything.
Ezekiel 33:17
- "Your people are saying, `The Lord is not just,' but it is they who are not just.
Ezekiel 33:30
- "Son of man, your people are whispering behind your back. They talk about you in their houses and whisper about you at the doors, saying, `Come on, let's have some fun! Let's go hear the prophet tell us what the LORD is saying!'
Zechariah 13:7
- "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner, says the LORD Almighty. Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.
Ezekiel 3:27
- But whenever I give you a message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak. Then you will say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says!' Some of them will listen, but some will ignore you, for they are rebels.
Ezekiel 11:8
- I will expose you to the war you so greatly fear, says the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel 33:7
- "Now, son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them for me.
Ezekiel 33:12
- "Son of man, give your people this message: The good works of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the sins of evil people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins.
Jeremiah 12:12
- Destroying armies plunder the land. The sword of the LORD kills people from one end of the nation to the other. No one will escape!
Isaiah 56:9
- Come, wild animals of the field! Come, wild animals of the forest! Come and devour my people!
- For the leaders of my people--the LORD's watchmen, his shepherds--are blind to every danger. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
Jeremiah 51:12
- Raise the battle flag against Babylon! Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen. Prepare an ambush, for the LORD will fulfill all his plans against Babylon.
Ezekiel 21:9
- "Son of man, give the people this message from the LORD: A sword is being sharpened and polished.
- It is being prepared for terrible slaughter; it will flash like lightning! Now will you laugh? Those far stronger than you have fallen beneath its power!
- Yes, the sword is now being sharpened and polished; it is being prepared for the executioner!
- "Son of man, cry out and wail; pound your thighs in anguish, for that sword will slaughter my people and their leaders--everyone will die!
- It will put them all to the test! So now the Sovereign LORD asks: What chance do they have?
Ezekiel 14:21
- "Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How terrible it will be when all four of these fearsome punishments fall upon Jerusalem--war, famine, beasts, and plague--destroying all her people and animals.
2 Kings 9:17
- The watchman on the tower of Jezreel saw Jehu and his company approaching, so he shouted to Joram, "I see a company of troops coming!Send out a rider to find out if they are coming in peace," King Joram shouted back.
- So a rider went out to meet Jehu and said, "The king wants to know whether you are coming in peace." Jehu replied, "What do you know about peace? Get behind me!" The watchman called out to the king, "The rider has met them, but he is not returning."
- So the king sent out a second rider. He rode up to them and demanded, "The king wants to know whether you come in peace." Again Jehu answered, "What do you know about peace? Get behind me!"
- The watchman exclaimed, "The rider has met them, but he isn't returning either! It must be Jehu son of Nimshi, for he is driving so recklessly."
Ezekiel 6:3
- Give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring war upon you, and I will destroy your pagan shrines.
Leviticus 26:25
- I will send armies against you to carry out these covenant threats. If you flee to your cities, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be conquered by your enemies.
2 Samuel 18:24
- While David was sitting at the city gate, the watchman climbed to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked, he saw a lone man running toward them.
- He shouted the news down to David, and the king replied, "If he is alone, he has news." As the messenger came closer,
- the watchman saw another man running toward them. He shouted down, "Here comes another one!" The king replied, "He also will have news."
- "The first man runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok," the watchman said. "He is a good man and comes with good news," the king replied.
Jeremiah 15:2
- And if they say to you, `But where can we go?' tell them, `This is what the LORD says: Those who are destined for death, to death; those who are destined for war, to war; those who are destined for famine, to famine; those who are destined for captivity, to captivity.'
- "I will send four kinds of destroyers against them," says the LORD. "I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.
Isaiah 62:6
- O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray to the LORD day and night for the fulfillment of his promises. Take no rest, all you who pray.
Jeremiah 47:6
- "Now, O sword of the LORD, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still!
- But how can it be still when the LORD has sent it on an errand? For the city of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed."
Isaiah 21:6
- Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, "Put a watchman on the city wall to shout out what he sees.
- Tell him to sound the alert when he sees chariots drawn by horses and warriors mounted on donkeys and camels."
- Then the watchman called out, "Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post.
- Now at last--look! Here come the chariots and warriors!" Then the watchman said, "Babylon is fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!"
Ezekiel 37:18
- When your people ask you what your actions mean,
Hosea 9:8
- The prophet is a watchman for my God over Israel, yet traps are laid in front of him wherever he goes. He faces hostility even in the house of God.
Jeremiah 25:31
- His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring his case against all the nations. He will judge all the people of the earth, slaughtering the wicked with his sword. The LORD has spoken!'"