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1 # Again the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto me, saying <0559> (8800),
2 Son <01121> of man <0120>, speak <01696> (8761) to the children <01121> of thy people <05971>, and say <0559> (8804) unto them, When I bring <0935> (8686) the sword <02719> upon a land <0776>, if the people <05971> of the land <0776> take <03947> (8804) a <0259> man <0376> of their coasts <07097>, and set <05414> (8804) him for their watchman <06822> (8802):
3 If when he seeth <07200> (8804) the sword <02719> come <0935> (8802) upon the land <0776>, he blow <08628> (8804) the trumpet <07782>, and warn <02094> (8689) the people <05971>;
4 Then whosoever <08085> (8802) heareth <08085> (8804) the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, and taketh not warning <02094> (8737); if the sword <02719> come <0935> (8799), and take him away <03947> (8799), his blood <01818> shall be upon his own head <07218>.
5 He heard <08085> (8804) the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, and took not warning <02094> (8737) ; his blood <01818> shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning <02094> (8737) shall deliver <04422> (8765) his soul <05315> .
6 But if the watchman <06822> (8802) see <07200> (8799) the sword <02719> come <0935> (8802) , and blow <08628> (8804) not the trumpet <07782>, and the people <05971> be not warned <02094> (8737); if the sword <02719> come <0935> (8799), and take <03947> (8799) any person <05315> from among them, he is taken away <03947> (8738) in his iniquity <05771>; but his blood <01818> will I require <01875> (8799) at the watchman's <06822> (8802) hand <03027>.
7 So thou, O son <01121> of man <0120>, I have set <05414> (8804) thee a watchman <06822> (8802) unto the house <01004> of Israel <03478>; therefore thou shalt hear <08085> (8804) the word <01697> at my mouth <06310>, and warn <02094> (8689) them from me.
8 When I say <0559> (8800) unto the wicked <07563>, O wicked <07563> man, thou shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799); if thou dost not speak <01696> (8765) to warn <02094> (8687) the wicked <07563> from his way <01870>, that wicked <07563> man shall die <04191> (8799) in his iniquity <05771>; but his blood <01818> will I require <01245> (8762) at thine hand <03027>.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn <02094> (8689) the wicked <07563> of his way <01870> to turn <07725> (8800) from it; if he do not turn <07725> (8804) from his way <01870>, he shall die <04191> (8799) in his iniquity <05771>; but thou hast delivered <05337> (8689) thy soul <05315>.
10 # Therefore, O thou son <01121> of man <0120>, speak <0559> (8798) unto the house <01004> of Israel <03478> ; Thus ye speak <0559> (8804), saying <0559> (8800), If our transgressions <06588> and our sins <02403> be upon us, and we pine away <04743> (8737) in them, how should we then live <02421> (8799)?
11 Say <0559> (8798) unto them, As I live <02416>, saith <05002> (8803) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, I have no pleasure <02654> (8799) in the death <04194> of the wicked <07563>; but that the wicked <07563> turn <07725> (8800) from his way <01870> and live <02421> (8804): turn <07725> (8798) ye, turn <07725> (8798) ye from your evil <07451> ways <01870>; for why will ye die <04191> (8799), O house <01004> of Israel <03478>?
12 Therefore, thou son <01121> of man <0120>, say <0559> (8798) unto the children <01121> of thy people <05971> , The righteousness <06666> of the righteous <06662> shall not deliver <05337> (8686) him in the day <03117> of his transgression <06588>: as for the wickedness <07564> of the wicked <07563>, he shall not fall <03782> (8735) thereby in the day <03117> that he turneth <07725> (8800) from his wickedness <07562>; neither shall the righteous <06662> be able <03201> (8799) to live <02421> (8800) for his righteousness in the day <03117> that he sinneth <02398> (8800).
13 When I shall say <0559> (8800) to the righteous <06662>, that he shall surely <02421> (8800) live <02421> (8799); if he trust <0982> (8804) to his own righteousness <06666>, and commit <06213> (8804) iniquity <05766>, all his righteousnesses <06666> shall not be remembered <02142> (8735); but for his iniquity <05766> that he hath committed <06213> (8804), he shall die <04191> (8799) for it.
14 Again, when I say <0559> (8800) unto the wicked <07563>, Thou shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799); if he turn <07725> (8804) from his sin <02403>, and do <06213> (8804) that which is lawful <04941> and right <06666>;
15 If the wicked <07563> restore <07725> (8686) the pledge <02258>, give again <07999> (8762) that he had robbed <01500>, walk <01980> (8804) in the statutes <02708> of life <02416>, without committing <06213> (8800) iniquity <05766>; he shall surely <02421> (8800) live <02421> (8799), he shall not die <04191> (8799).
16 None of his sins <02403> that he hath committed <02398> (8804) shall be mentioned <02142> (8735) unto him: he hath done <06213> (8804) that which is lawful <04941> and right <06666>; he shall surely <02421> (8800) live <02421> (8799).
17 Yet the children <01121> of thy people <05971> say <0559> (8804), The way <01870> of the Lord <0136> is not equal <08505> (8735): but as for them, their way <01870> is not equal <08505> (8735).
18 When the righteous <06662> turneth <07725> (8800) from his righteousness <06666>, and committeth <06213> (8804) iniquity <05766>, he shall even die <04191> (8804) thereby.
19 But if the wicked <07563> turn <07725> (8800) from his wickedness <07564>, and do <06213> (8804) that which is lawful <04941> and right <06666>, he shall live <02421> (8799) thereby.
20 Yet ye say <0559> (8804), The way <01870> of the Lord <0136> is not equal <08505> (8735). O ye house <01004> of Israel <03478>, I will judge <08199> (8799) you every one <0376> after his ways <01870>.
21 # And it came to pass in the twelfth <08147> <06240> year <08141> of our captivity <01546>, in the tenth <06224> month, in the fifth <02568> day of the month <02320>, that one that had escaped <06412> out of Jerusalem <03389> came <0935> (8804) unto me, saying <0559> (8800), The city <05892> is smitten <05221> (8717).
22 Now the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was upon me in the evening <06153>, afore <06440> he that was escaped <06412> came <0935> (8800); and had opened <06605> (8799) my mouth <06310>, until he came <0935> (8800) to me in the morning <01242>; and my mouth <06310> was opened <06605> (8735), and I was no more dumb <0481> (8738).
23 Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto me, saying <0559> (8800),
24 Son <01121> of man <0120>, they that inhabit <03427> (8802) those wastes <02723> of the land <0127> of Israel <03478> speak <0559> (8802), saying <0559> (8800), Abraham <085> was one <0259>, and he inherited <03423> (8799) the land <0776>: but we are many <07227>; the land <0776> is given <05414> (8738) us for inheritance <04181>.
25 Wherefore say <0559> (8798) unto them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>; Ye eat <0398> (8799) with the blood <01818>, and lift up <05375> (8799) your eyes <05869> toward your idols <01544>, and shed <08210> (8799) blood <01818>: and shall ye possess <03423> (8799) the land <0776>?
26 Ye stand <05975> (8804) upon your sword <02719>, ye work <06213> (8804) abomination <08441>, and ye defile <02930> (8765) every one <0376> his neighbour's <07453> wife <0802>: and shall ye possess <03423> (8799) the land <0776>?
27 Say <0559> (8799) thou thus unto them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>; As I live <02416>, surely they that are in the wastes <02723> shall fall <05307> (8799) by the sword <02719>, and him that is in the open <06440> field <07704> will I give <05414> (8804) to the beasts <02416> to be devoured <0398> (8800) , and they that be in the forts <04679> and in the caves <04631> shall die <04191> (8799) of the pestilence <01698>.
28 For I will lay <05414> (8804) the land <0776> most <04923> desolate <08077>, and the pomp <01347> of her strength <05797> shall cease <07673> (8738); and the mountains <02022> of Israel <03478> shall be desolate <08074> (8804), that none shall pass through <05674> (8802).
29 Then shall they know <03045> (8804) that I am the LORD <03068>, when I have laid <05414> (8800) the land <0776> most <04923> desolate <08077> because of all their abominations <08441> which they have committed <06213> (8804).
30 # Also, thou son <01121> of man <0120>, the children <01121> of thy people <05971> still are talking <01696> (8737) against <0681> thee by the walls <07023> and in the doors <06607> of the houses <01004>, and speak <01696> (8765) one <02297> to another <0259>, every one <0376> to his brother <0251>, saying <0559> (8800), Come <0935> (8798), I pray you, and hear <08085> (8798) what is the word <01697> that cometh forth <03318> (8802) from the LORD <03068> .
31 And they come <0935> (8799) unto thee as the people <05971> cometh <03996>, and they sit <03427> (8799) before <06440> thee as my people <05971>, and they hear <08085> (8804) thy words <01697>, but they will not do <06213> (8799) them: for with their mouth <06310> they shew <06213> (8802) much love <05690>, but their heart <03820> goeth <01980> (8802) after <0310> their covetousness <01215>.
32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely <05690> song <07892> of one that hath a pleasant <03303> voice <06963> , and can play well <02895> (8688) on an instrument <05059> (8763): for they hear <08085> (8804) thy words <01697> , but they do <06213> (8802) them not.
33 And when this cometh to pass <0935> (8800), (lo, it will come <0935> (8802),) then shall they know <03045> (8804) that a prophet <05030> hath been among <08432> them.