unfoldingWord_en_tn/ezk/33/07.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues speaking to Ezekiel.

# the house of Israel

Here "house" represents people. AT: "the people of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# you will hear the words from my mouth and warn them on my behalf

Here "mouth" represents what Yahweh says. AT: "you will hear the message that I speak and you will warn them on my behalf" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# warn them on my behalf

"warn them as my representative" or "give them the warning from me"

# do not announce this

"do not say this"

# about his way

"the way he acts" or "the things he does." See how you translated "your ways" in [Ezekiel 7:3](../07/03.md).

# I will require his blood from your hand

Here "blood" represents a person's death. The phrase "require ... from your hand" is an idiom that means to consider someone responsible. AT: "I will consider you responsible for his death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# he might turn back from it, and if he does not turn back from his way

A person no longer behaving in a certain way is spoken of as if he physically turns and goes back on a path. AT: "he might stop doing bad things, and if he does not stop doing bad things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# will have saved your own life

"will have kept yourself alive"