Yehezkiel 3:20

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Jikalau seorang yang benar berbalik dari kebenarannya dan ia berbuat curang, dan Aku meletakkan batu sandungan di hadapannya, ia akan mati. Oleh karena engkau tidak memperingatkan dia, ia akan mati dalam dosanya dan perbuatan-perbuatan kebenaran yang dikerjakannya tidak akan diingat-ingat, tetapi Aku akan menuntut pertanggungan jawab atas nyawanya dari padamu.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Jikalau seorang yang benar berbalik dari kebenarannya dan ia berbuat curang, dan Aku meletakkan batu sandungan di hadapannya, ia akan mati. Oleh karena engkau tidak memperingatkan dia, ia akan mati dalam dosanya dan perbuatan-perbuatan kebenaran yang dikerjakannya tidak akan diingat-ingat, tetapi Aku akan menuntut pertanggungan jawab atas nyawanya dari padamu.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Atau jikalau kiranya seorang yang benar itu undur dari pada jalan yang betul serta berbuat jahat, dan Kuadakan suatu kesentuhan baginya, sehingga matilah ia, jikalau sudah tiada engkau menasehatkan dia, maka iapun akan mati dalam dosanya, dan segala kebajikan yang telah dibuatnya, itu tiada akan diingat lagi, tetapi darahnya akan Kutuntut juga dari pada tanganmu.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ And when the seuen dayes were expired, the Lorde saide vnto me, ¹⁷ Thou sonne of man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt heare the worde at my mouth, and geue them warning from me. ¹⁸ When I shall say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt surely dye, and thou geuest not him warning, nor speakest to admonishe the wicked of his euill way, and so to liue: then shal the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrighteousnesse, but his blood wyl I require of thyne hand. ¹⁹ Neuerthelesse, if thou geue warning vnto the wicked, and he yet turne not from his vngodlynesse and from his wicked way: he shall dye in his owne wickednesse, but thou hast deliuered thy soule. ²⁰ Nowe if a righteous man go from his righteousnesse and do the thing that is euyll I wyll lay a stumbling blocke before him: and he shall dye, because thou hast not geuen him warning, dye shall he in his owne sinne, so that his righteousnesse whiche he hath done, shall not be thought vpon: but his blood will I require at thyne hande. ²¹ Neuerthelesse, if thou exhortest that righteous that he sinne not, and so the righteous do not sinne: then shall he liue, because he hath receaued thy warning, and thou hast deliuered thy soule.

Bible Verse Review
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When: Ezekiel 18:24, Ezekiel 18:26, Ezekiel 33:12, Ezekiel 33:13, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 2 Chronicles 24:17-22, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, Matthew 13:20, Matthew 13:21, Hebrews 10:38, 2 Peter 2:18-22, 1 John 2:19

righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses, Isaiah 64:6, Daniel 9:18

and I lay: Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:7-9, Deuteronomy 13:3, Psalms 119:165, *marg. Isaiah 8:14, Jeremiah 6:21, Luke 2:34, Romans 9:32, Romans 9:33, Romans 11:9, 1 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, 1 Peter 2:8

because: Ezekiel 3:18, Leviticus 19:17, 2 Samuel 12:7-13, 2 Chronicles 19:2-4, 2 Chronicles 25:15, Proverbs 25:12, Matthew 18:15

and his: Ezekiel 18:24, Ezekiel 18:26, Ezekiel 33:12, Ezekiel 33:13, Matthew 12:43-45, Luke 8:15, Romans 2:7, Romans 2:8, Hebrews 10:38, 2 Peter 2:21

but his: Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 33:6, Hebrews 13:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:9 - of my hand Deuteronomy 22:8 - thou bring Jeremiah 34:16 - ye turned Ezekiel 3:21 - he shall Ezekiel 34:10 - and I will Amos 5:7 - leave Romans 11:22 - otherwise Revelation 2:14 - a stumblingblock

Cross-References

Genesis 2:20
And the man gaue names to all cattell, and foule of the ayre, & euery beast of the fielde: but for man founde he not an helpe lyke vnto hym.

Genesis 2:23
And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

Genesis 5:29
And called his name Noah, saying: This same shall comfort vs as concerning our worke, & sorowe of our handes about the earth, which God cursed.

Genesis 16:11
And the Lordes angell said vnto her: See, thou art with chylde, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt cal his name Ismael: because the Lorde hath hearde thy tribulation.

Genesis 35:18
Then as her soule was a departing (for she died) she called his name Benoni, but his father called hym Beniamin.

Exodus 2:10
The chylde grewe, and she brought it vnto Pharaos daughter, and it was made her sonne. And she called ye name of it Moyses: because [sayde she] I toke hym out of the water.

1 Samuel 1:20
For in processe of time it came to passe, that she conceaued, and bare a sonne, & called his name Samuel, [saying:] Because I haue asked him of the Lorde.

Matthew 1:21
She shall bryng foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesus: for he shall saue his people from their sinnes.

Matthew 1:23
Behold, a virgin shalbe with childe, and shall bryng foorth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, whiche is by interpretation, God with vs.)

Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all ye face of the earth, & hath determined the tymes before appoynted, and also the boundes of their habitation:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Again, when a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness,.... This is to be understood not of one that is truly righteous, or is justified by the righteousness of Christ; for such can never turn from that righteousness, or be in an unjustified state; seeing that is the righteousness of God, and an everlasting one; but of one that is denominated righteous, from "his" own righteousness, from a righteousness "which he hath done", as is afterwards expressed; one that is outwardly righteous before men, that is outwardly reformed, that has a righteousness of his own, consisting of a little negative holiness, and a few moral performances; from such righteousness a man may apostatize, and go into a vicious course of life:

and commit iniquity; live in sin, make a trade of it; lead a life, the whole series and course of which is nothing else but sin; in this sense, one that is born of God, and has the righteousness of Christ revealed from faith to faith unto him, and lives by faith upon it, cannot commit sin, 1 John 3:9;

and I lay a stumbling block before him; the Targum renders it, "the stumbling block of sins"; which designs either an occasion of sinning, which God permits, leaving him to his own lusts, and suffering him to fall thereby; and by this means he is discovered to be what he is, not a truly righteous man, but only one in appearance; that looked like a righteous person, but secretly a sinner, and now the Lord by such means exposes him openly; so Jarchi and other Jewish Rabbins; but Kimchi's father interprets the stumbling block of prosperity in this world u: or rather the punishment of sin is meant, as Kimchi himself observes; and the Septuagint renders it "torment"; since this follows up on his turning from righteousness, and committing sin; and seems to be explained by the next clause:

he shall die; the second death:

because thou hast not given him warning: of the dreadful evil of apostasy, and the sad estate of apostates, and the danger they are in, their last estate being worse than the first:

he shall die in his sin; of apostasy, and for it, being never to be recovered and brought to repentance:

and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; according to the "Keri" or marginal reading it is, "his righteousnesses"; all his works of righteousness which he hath done; and which reading is followed by the Targum, Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and the eastern versions; these shall not be remembered, neither in this world nor in that to come; no account shall be taken of them, nor shall they be reckoned as a righteousness unto him:

but his blood will I require at thine hand; 1 John 3:9- :.

u Vid. T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 86. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This passage anticipates the great moral principle of divine government Ezekiel 18:0 that each man is individually responsible for his own actions, and will be judged according to these and these alone.

Ezekiel 3:20

I lay a stumblingblock before him - I bring him to trial by placing difficulties and temptations in his way (compare Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 44:12 margin; Ezekiel 14:3-4). It is true that God tempts no man in order to his destruction, but in the course of His Providence He permits men to be tried in order that their faith may be approved, and in this trial some who seem to be righteous fall.

Because thou ... his blood ... - So far as the prophet was concerned, the neglect of his duty is reckoned as the cause of the seemingly righteous man’s fall.

His righteousness ... - Or, righteousnesses, i. e. acts of righteousness. The “righteous” man here is one, who had hitherto done the “acts of righteousness” prescribed by the Law, but when trial came was shown to lack the “principle of righteousness.”

Ezekiel 3:21

The repetition of the word “righteous” is to be noted. There seems to be an intimation that sin is alien to the character of a “righteous” man. Compare 1 John 3:7-9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 3:20. When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness — Which these words plainly state he may do, and commit iniquity, and die in his sin; and consequently die eternally, which is also here granted; if he have not been warned, though he die in his sin, the blood-the life and salvation, of this person also will God require at the watchman's hand. Pastor hunc occidit, quia eum tacendo morti tradidit. "This man the pastor kills; for in being silent, he delivers him over to death." - GREGORY. From these passages we see that a righteous man may fall from grace, and perish everlastingly. Should it be said that it means the self-righteous, I reply, this is absurd; for self-righteousness is a fall itself, and the sooner a man falls from it the better for himself. Real, genuine righteousness of heart and life is that which is meant. Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall.

And I lay a stumbling-block before him — That is, I permit him to be tried, and he fall in the trial. God is repeatedly represented as doing things which he only permits to be done. He lays a stumbling-block, i.e., he permits one to be laid.