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1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, say­ing, 2 Son of man, speak to the chil­dren of thy peo­ple, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the peo­ple of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watch­man: 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trum­pet, and warn the peo­ple; 4 Then whoso­ev­er heareth the sound of the trum­pet, and taketh not warn­ing; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trum­pet, and took not warn­ing; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warn­ing shall de­liv­er his soul. 6 But if the watch­man see the sword come, and blow not the trum­pet, and the peo­ple be not warned; if the sword come, and take any per­son from among them, he is tak­en away in his in­iq­ui­ty; but his blood will I re­quire at the watchman's hand. 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watch­man unto the house of Is­rael; there­fore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt sure­ly die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his in­iq­ui­ty; but his blood will I re­quire at thine hand. 9 Nev­er­the­less, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his in­iq­ui­ty; but thou hast de­liv­ered thy soul. 10 There­fore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Is­rael; Thus ye speak, say­ing, If our trans­gres­sions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no plea­sure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Is­rael? 12 There­fore, thou son of man, say unto the chil­dren of thy peo­ple, The righ­teous­ness of the righ­teous shall not de­liv­er him in the day of his trans­gres­sion: as for the wicked­ness of the wicked, he shall not fall there­by in the day that he tur­neth from his wicked­ness; nei­ther shall the righ­teous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sin­neth. 13 When I shall say to the righ­teous, that he shall sure­ly live; if he trust to his own righ­teous­ness, and com­mit in­iq­ui­ty, all his righ­teous­ness­es shall not be re­mem­bered; but for his in­iq­ui­ty that he hath com­mit­ted, he shall die for it. 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt sure­ly die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is law­ful and right; 15 If the wicked re­store the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, with­out com­mit­ting in­iq­ui­ty; he shall sure­ly live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he hath com­mit­ted shall be men­tioned unto him: he hath done that which is law­ful and right; he shall sure­ly live. 17 Yet the chil­dren of thy peo­ple say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 18 When the righ­teous tur­neth from his righ­teous­ness, and com­mit­teth in­iq­ui­ty, he shall even die there­by. 19 But if the wicked turn from his wicked­ness, and do that which is law­ful and right, he shall live there­by. 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Is­rael, I will judge you ev­ery one af­ter his ways. 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our cap­tiv­i­ty, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had es­caped out of Jerusalem came unto me, say­ing, The city is smit­ten. 22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was es­caped came; and had opened my mouth, un­til he came to me in the morn­ing; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, say­ing, 24 Son of man, they that in­hab­it those wastes of the land of Is­rael speak, say­ing, Abra­ham was one, and he in­her­it­ed the land: but we are many; the land is giv­en us for in­her­i­tance. 25 Where­fore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to­ward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye pos­sess the land? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abom­i­na­tion, and ye de­file ev­ery one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye pos­sess the land? 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, sure­ly they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be de­voured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pesti­lence. 28 For I will lay the land most des­o­late, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the moun­tains of Is­rael shall be des­o­late, that none shall pass through. 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most des­o­late be­cause of all their abom­i­na­tions which they have com­mit­ted. 30 Al­so, thou son of man, the chil­dren of thy peo­ple still are talk­ing against thee by the walls and in the doors of the hous­es, and speak one to an­oth­er, ev­ery one to his broth­er, say­ing, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 31 And they come unto thee as the peo­ple cometh, and they sit be­fore thee as my peo­ple, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth af­ter their cov­etous­ness. 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very love­ly song of one that hath a pleas­ant voice, and can play well on an in­stru­ment: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. 33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come, ) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.