The Chosen Key Word in this Chapter is “Trumpet” it comes from the Hebrew Word “shofar” which means “trumpet, ram’s horn.”
Ezekiel receives news that Jerusalem has fallen, and his watchman duty resumes with fresh urgency. Welcome to Bible Life Basics Chapter Reviews, I am Chris and this is Ezekiel 33.
Ezekiel is instructed again concerning his role as a watchman, that if he sees the sword come upon a land, and the people take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman, and he sees the sword come, and blows the “trumpet,” “shofar” in Hebrew, and warns the people, then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes not warning, his blood shall be upon his own head, but if the watchman sees the sword come, and does not blow the trumpet, that man is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will He require at the watchman’s hand. Ezekiel records how one who had escaped out of Jerusalem comes to him, saying, “The city is smitten,” his mouth having been opened before this man came to him in the evening, and it was opened, and he was no more dumb, describing how the word of the Lord then comes to him, addressing the people who say the way of the Lord is not equal, when it is really their own way that is not equal, urging them that when the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die for it, but when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live. Ezekiel describes how the people still come to him as they usually do, and sit before him as His people, and hear his words, but they will not do them, since with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness, describing how he is to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument, for they hear his words, but they do not do them, closing with a promise that when this comes to pass, and surely it will come, then they shall know that a prophet has been among them, this chapter marking a significant turning point in the book, as Jerusalem’s fall finally, actually arrives, and Ezekiel’s ministry shifts increasingly toward genuine restoration and hope.
Ezekiel’s report that the exiles hear his words yet do not actually obey them, treating his prophecy merely like a pleasant song rather than a genuine call to action, exposes how easily people can appreciate truth aesthetically without allowing it to genuinely transform their actual behavior. This chapter’s confirmation of Jerusalem’s fall, exactly as Ezekiel had persistently warned, vindicates his difficult, faithful ministry through actual, historical fulfillment.
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