Ezekiel 3:21 (GNV)

Passage

Neuerthelesse, if thou admonish that righteous man, that the righteous sinne not, and that he doeth not sinne, he shall liue because he is admonished: also thou hast deliuered thy soule.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 3:19 Yet if thou warne the wicked, and he turne not from his wickednesse, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquitie, but thou hast deliuered thy soule.

Ezekiel 3:20 Likewise if a righteous man turne from his righteousnesse, and commit iniquitie, I will lay a stumbling blocke before him, and he shall die, because thou hast not giuen him warning: he shall die in his sinne, and his righteous deedes, which he hath done, shall not be remembred: but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Ezekiel 3:21 Neuerthelesse, if thou admonish that righteous man, that the righteous sinne not, and that he doeth not sinne, he shall liue because he is admonished: also thou hast deliuered thy soule.

Ezekiel 3:22 And the hande of the Lord was there vpon me, and he said vnto me, Arise, and goe into the fielde, and I will there talke with thee.

Ezekiel 3:23 So when I had risen vp, and gone foorth into the fielde, beholde, the glorie of the Lord stoode there, as the glorie which I sawe by the riuer Chebar, and I fell downe vpon my face.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neuerthelesse", "thou", "admonish", "righteous", "sinne", and "doeth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neuerthelesse" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "Likewise if a righteous man turne from..." into verse 22's "And the hande of the Lord was...", so "neuerthelesse" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "neuerthelesse" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.