Ezekiel 3:16-18

New International Reader's Version

The Lord Has Appointed Ezekiel to Warn Israel

¹⁶ After seven days, a message from the Lord came to me. ¹⁷ The Lord said, “Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me. ¹⁸ Suppose I say to a sinful person, ‘You can be sure you will die.’ And you do not warn them. You do not try to get them to change their evil ways in order to save their life. Then that sinful person will die because they have sinned. And I will hold you responsible for their death.