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[1]Again the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came unto me, sayingH559,[H8800]
[2]SonH1121 of manH120, speakH1696[H8761] to the childrenH1121 of thy peopleH5971, and sayH559[H8804] unto them, When I bringH935[H8686] the swordH2719 upon a landH776, if the peopleH5971 of the landH776 takeH3947[H8804] aH259 manH376 of their coastsH7097, and setH5414[H8804] him for their watchmanH6822:[H8802]
[3]If when he seethH7200[H8804] the swordH2719 comeH935[H8802] upon the landH776, he blowH8628[H8804] the trumpetH7782, and warnH2094[H8689] the peopleH5971;
[4]Then whosoeverH8085[H8802] hearethH8085[H8804] the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782, and taketh not warningH2094[H8737]; if the swordH2719 comeH935[H8799], and take him awayH3947[H8799], his bloodH1818 shall be upon his own headH7218.
[5]He heardH8085[H8804] the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782, and took not warningH2094[H8737]; his bloodH1818 shall be upon him. But he that taketh warningH2094[H8737] shall deliverH4422[H8765] his soulH5315.
[6]But if the watchmanH6822[H8802] seeH7200[H8799] the swordH2719 comeH935[H8802], and blowH8628[H8804] not the trumpetH7782, and the peopleH5971 be not warnedH2094[H8737]; if the swordH2719 comeH935[H8799], and takeH3947[H8799] any personH5315 from among them, he is taken awayH3947[H8738] in his iniquityH5771; but his bloodH1818 will I requireH1875[H8799] at the watchman'sH6822[H8802] handH3027.
[7]So thou, O sonH1121 of manH120, I have setH5414[H8804] thee a watchmanH6822[H8802] unto the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478; therefore thou shalt hearH8085[H8804] the wordH1697 at my mouthH6310, and warnH2094 them from meH8689.
[8]When I sayH559[H8800] unto the wickedH7563, O wickedH7563 man, thou shalt surelyH4191[H8800] dieH4191[H8799]; if thou dost not speakH1696[H8765] to warnH2094[H8687] the wickedH7563 from his wayH1870, that wickedH7563 man shall dieH4191[H8799] in his iniquityH5771; but his bloodH1818 will I requireH1245[H8762] at thine handH3027.
[9]Nevertheless, if thou warnH2094[H8689] the wickedH7563 of his wayH1870 to turnH7725[H8800] from it; if he do not turnH7725[H8804] from his wayH1870, he shall dieH4191[H8799] in his iniquityH5771; but thou hast deliveredH5337[H8689] thy soulH5315.
[10]Therefore, O thou sonH1121 of manH120, speakH559[H8798] unto the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478; Thus ye speakH559[H8804], sayingH559[H8800], If our transgressionsH6588 and our sinsH2403 be upon us, and we pine awayH4743[H8737] in them, how should we then liveH2421?[H8799]
[11]SayH559[H8798] unto them, As I liveH2416, saithH5002[H8803] the LordH136 GODH3069, I have no pleasureH2654[H8799] in the deathH4194 of the wickedH7563; but that the wickedH7563 turnH7725[H8800] from his wayH1870 and liveH2421[H8804]: turnH7725[H8798] ye, turnH7725[H8798] ye from your evilH7451 waysH1870; for why will ye dieH4191[H8799], O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478?
[12]Therefore, thou sonH1121 of manH120, sayH559[H8798] unto the childrenH1121 of thy peopleH5971, The righteousnessH6666 of the righteousH6662 shall not deliverH5337[H8686] him in the dayH3117 of his transgressionH6588: as for the wickednessH7564 of the wickedH7563, he shall not fallH3782[H8735] thereby in the dayH3117 that he turnethH7725[H8800] from his wickednessH7562; neither shall the righteousH6662 be ableH3201[H8799] to liveH2421[H8800] for his righteousness in the dayH3117 that he sinnethH2398.[H8800]
[13]When I shall sayH559[H8800] to the righteousH6662, that he shall surelyH2421[H8800] liveH2421[H8799]; if he trustH982[H8804] to his own righteousnessH6666, and commitH6213[H8804] iniquityH5766, all his righteousnessesH6666 shall not be rememberedH2142[H8735]; but for his iniquityH5766 that he hath committedH6213[H8804], he shall dieH4191 for itH8799.
[14]Again, when I sayH559[H8800] unto the wickedH7563, Thou shalt surelyH4191[H8800] dieH4191[H8799]; if he turnH7725[H8804] from his sinH2403, and doH6213[H8804] that which is lawfulH4941 and rightH6666;
[15]If the wickedH7563 restoreH7725[H8686] the pledgeH2258, give againH7999[H8762] that he had robbedH1500, walkH1980[H8804] in the statutesH2708 of lifeH2416, without committingH6213[H8800] iniquityH5766; he shall surelyH2421[H8800] liveH2421[H8799], he shall not dieH4191.[H8799]
[16]None of his sinsH2403 that he hath committedH2398[H8804] shall be mentionedH2142[H8735] unto him: he hath doneH6213[H8804] that which is lawfulH4941 and rightH6666; he shall surelyH2421[H8800] liveH2421.[H8799]
[17]Yet the childrenH1121 of thy peopleH5971 sayH559[H8804], The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is not equalH8505[H8735]: but as for them, their wayH1870 is not equalH8505.[H8735]
[18]When the righteousH6662 turnethH7725[H8800] from his righteousnessH6666, and committethH6213[H8804] iniquityH5766, he shall even dieH4191 therebyH8804.
[19]But if the wickedH7563 turnH7725[H8800] from his wickednessH7564, and doH6213[H8804] that which is lawfulH4941 and rightH6666, he shall liveH2421 therebyH8799.
[20]Yet ye sayH559[H8804], The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is not equalH8505[H8735]. O ye houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, I will judgeH8199[H8799] you every oneH376 after his waysH1870.
[21]And it came to pass in the twelfthH8147[H6240] yearH8141 of our captivityH1546, in the tenthH6224 month, in the fifthH2568 day of the monthH2320, that one that had escapedH6412 out of JerusalemH3389 cameH935[H8804] unto me, sayingH559[H8800], The cityH5892 is smittenH5221.[H8717]
[22]Now the handH3027 of the LORDH3068 was upon me in the eveningH6153, aforeH6440 he that was escapedH6412 cameH935[H8800]; and had openedH6605[H8799] my mouthH6310, until he cameH935[H8800] to me in the morningH1242; and my mouthH6310 was openedH6605[H8735], and I was no more dumbH481.[H8738]
[23]Then the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came unto me, sayingH559,[H8800]
[24]SonH1121 of manH120, they that inhabitH3427[H8802] those wastesH2723 of the landH127 of IsraelH3478 speakH559[H8802], sayingH559[H8800], AbrahamH85 was oneH259, and he inheritedH3423[H8799] the landH776: but we are manyH7227; the landH776 is givenH5414[H8738] us for inheritanceH4181.
[25]Wherefore sayH559[H8798] unto them, Thus saithH559[H8804] the LordH136 GODH3069; Ye eatH398[H8799] with the bloodH1818, and lift upH5375[H8799] your eyesH5869 toward your idolsH1544, and shedH8210[H8799] bloodH1818: and shall ye possessH3423[H8799] the landH776?
[26]Ye standH5975[H8804] upon your swordH2719, ye workH6213[H8804] abominationH8441, and ye defileH2930[H8765] every oneH376 his neighbour'sH7453 wifeH802: and shall ye possessH3423[H8799] the landH776?
[27]SayH559[H8799] thou thus unto them, Thus saithH559[H8804] the LordH136 GODH3069; As I liveH2416, surely they that are in the wastesH2723 shall fallH5307[H8799] by the swordH2719, and him that is in the openH6440 fieldH7704 will I giveH5414[H8804] to the beastsH2416 to be devouredH398[H8800], and they that be in the fortsH4679 and in the cavesH4631 shall dieH4191[H8799] of the pestilenceH1698.
[28]For I will layH5414[H8804] the landH776 mostH4923 desolateH8077, and the pompH1347 of her strengthH5797 shall ceaseH7673[H8738]; and the mountainsH2022 of IsraelH3478 shall be desolateH8074[H8804], that none shall pass throughH5674.[H8802]
[29]Then shall they knowH3045[H8804] that I am the LORDH3068, when I have laidH5414[H8800] the landH776 mostH4923 desolateH8077 because of all their abominationsH8441 which they have committedH6213.[H8804]
[30]Also, thou sonH1121 of manH120, the childrenH1121 of thy peopleH5971 still are talkingH1696[H8737] againstH681 thee by the wallsH7023 and in the doorsH6607 of the housesH1004, and speakH1696[H8765] oneH2297 to anotherH259, every oneH376 to his brotherH251, sayingH559[H8800], ComeH935[H8798], I pray you, and hearH8085[H8798] what is the wordH1697 that cometh forthH3318[H8802] from the LORDH3068.
[31]And they comeH935[H8799] unto thee as the peopleH5971 comethH3996, and they sitH3427[H8799] beforeH6440 thee as my peopleH5971, and they hearH8085[H8804] thy wordsH1697, but they will not doH6213[H8799] them: for with their mouthH6310 they shewH6213[H8802] much loveH5690, but their heartH3820 goethH1980[H8802] afterH310 their covetousnessH1215.
[32]And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovelyH5690 songH7892 of one that hath a pleasantH3303 voiceH6963, and can play wellH2895[H8688] on an instrumentH5059[H8763]: for they hearH8085[H8804] thy wordsH1697, but they doH6213 them notH8802.
[33]And when this cometh to passH935[H8800], (lo, it will comeH935[H8802],) then shall they knowH3045[H8804] that a prophetH5030 hath been among themH8432.
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