Ezekiel 3:18

3:18 When I say to the wicked, “You will certainly die,” ¹  and you do not warn him – you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live – that wicked person will die for his iniquity, ²  but I will hold you accountable for his death. ³ 

Ezekiel 33:30

33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people ⁴  (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ⁵  ‘Come hear the word that comes ⁶  from the Lord.’

Ezekiel 39:17

39:17 “As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter ⁷  which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.

¹ sn Even though the infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the warning, the warning is still implicitly conditional, as the following context makes clear.

² tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and v. 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

³ tn Heb “his blood I will seek from your hand.” The expression “seek blood from the hand” is equivalent to requiring the death penalty (2 Sam 4:11-12).

⁴ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

⁵ tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”

⁶ tn Heb “comes out.”

⁷ tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).