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30 “And you, son of man,[a] your people,[b] the ones talking together concerning you beside the walls and in the doorways of the houses, each one with his brother saying,[c] ‘Please come and hear what is the word that is going out from Yahweh.’[d] 31 And they come to you as people do,[e] and they sit before you,[f] and my people hear your words, and they do not do them, for they are showing[g] passion in their mouth, but their heart is going after ill-gotten gain. 32 Now, look! You are to them like a sensual song,[h] beautiful of voice and played well on an instrument,[i] and they hear your words, but they are not doing them.[j] 33 So[k] when it comes,[l] look! It is coming! And then they will know that a prophet was in the midst of them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:30 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 33:30 Literally “the children of your people”
  3. Ezekiel 33:30 Literally “to say”
  4. Ezekiel 33:30 Literally “the going out from with Yahweh”
  5. Ezekiel 33:31 Literally “like the coming of a people”
  6. Ezekiel 33:31 Literally “to the face of you”
  7. Ezekiel 33:31 Or “expressing”
  8. Ezekiel 33:32 Literally “like a song of lust”
  9. Ezekiel 33:32 Literally “doing good to play a music instrument”
  10. Ezekiel 33:32 Literally “and/but doing there is not they them”
  11. Ezekiel 33:33 Or “And”
  12. Ezekiel 33:33 Literally “in/at her coming”

30 “As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before(A) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy(B) for unjust gain.(C) 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs(D) with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.(E)

33 “When all this comes true—and it surely will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.(F)

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