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Lent · Third Sunday in Lent · Year C

Ezekiel 33:7-20

The Watchman

The Prophet Ezekiel (Sistine Chapel ceiling), Michelangelo
The Prophet Ezekiel (Sistine Chapel ceiling), Michelangelo, 1510Sistine Chapel, Vatican · public domain

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“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.” (Ezekiel 33:11)

God appoints Ezekiel as a watchman for Israel who must warn the wicked or share their guilt. God declares that he takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked but calls them to turn from their ways and live.

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