Ezekiel 3:17 (YLT)

Passage

that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 3:15 And I come in unto the Removed, at Tel-Ahib, who are dwelling at the river Chebar, and where they are dwelling I also dwell seven days, causing astonishment in their midst.

Ezekiel 3:16 And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven days,

Ezekiel 3:17 that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.

Ezekiel 3:18 In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he--the wicked--in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.

Ezekiel 3:19 And thou, because thou hast warned the wicked, and he hath not turned back from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he in his iniquity dieth, and thou thy soul hast delivered.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "word", "jehovah", "saying", "watchman", "given", "thee", "house", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "word" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And it cometh to pass at the..." into verse 18's "In My saying to the wicked Thou...", so "word" and "jehovah" 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 "word" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.