Ezekiel 3:16-21

International Children’s Bible

Israel’s Warning

¹⁶ After seven days the Lord spoke his word to me again. He said, ¹⁷ “Human being, I have made you a watchman for Israel. Any time you hear a word from my mouth, warn them for me. ¹⁸ When I say to an evil person, ‘You will surely die,’ you must warn him. If you don’t speak out to warn the evil person to leave his evil way, he will die in his sin. But I will hold you responsible for his death. ¹⁹ You must warn the evil person. Then if he does not turn from his wickedness or his evil ways, he will die because of his sin. But you will have saved yourself.

²⁰ “Again, a person who does right may turn away from his goodness. He may do evil. If I caused him to sin, he will die. Because you have not warned him, he will die because of his sin. And the good he did will not be remembered. But I will hold you responsible for his death. ²¹ But if you do warn that good person not to sin, he may not sin. Then he will surely live. This is because he was warned. And you will save yourself.”