Ezekiel 33:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְאָמְרִ֥י לָֽרָשָׁ֖ע מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת וְשָׁב֙ מֵֽחַטָּאת֔וֹ וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃

Transliteration

û-bə-ʾōmrî lā-rāšāʿ môt tāmût wə-šāb mē-ḥaṭṭāʾtô wə-ʿāśāh mišpāṭ û-ṣədāqāh

Grammar Details

• *û-bə-ʾōmrî*: conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct with 1st singular suffix - and when I say
• *lā-rāšāʿ*: preposition + definite article + adjective, masculine singular - to the wicked
• *môt*: qal infinitive absolute - dying
• *tāmût*: qal imperfect, 2nd singular masculine - you will die
• *wə-šāb*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he turns
• *mē-ḥaṭṭāʾtô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd singular masculine suffix - from his sin
• *wə-ʿāśāh*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and does
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - justice
• *û-ṣədāqāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and righteousness

Word Meanings

• *û-bə-ʾōmrî*: and when I say/and when I speak/and in my saying
• *môt* *tāmût*: you will surely die/dying you will die/you will certainly die
• *šāb*: turns/returns/repents
• *ḥaṭṭāʾtô*: his sin/his failure/his mistake
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/what is right
• *ṣədāqāh*: righteousness/rightness/justice

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:27 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
• Ezek 33:8 : 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
• Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Jer 18:7-8 : 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
• Prov 28:13 : 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Matt 9:13 : 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
• Luke 13:3-5 : 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
• Jer 4:1 : 1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
• Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
• Ezek 18:21 : 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.