And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me, saying,{H559}

Son{H1121} of man,{H120} speak{H1696} to the children{H1121} of thy people,{H5971} and say{H559} unto them, When I bring{H935} the sword{H2719} upon a land,{H776} and the people{H5971} of the land{H776} take{H3947} a{H259} man{H376} from among{H7097} them, and set{H5414} him for their watchman;{H6822}

if, when he seeth{H7200} the sword{H2719} come{H935} upon the land,{H776} he blow{H8628} the trumpet,{H7782} and warn{H2094} the people;{H5971}

then whosoever{H8085} heareth{H8085} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} and taketh not warning,{H2094} if the sword{H2719} come,{H935} and take him away,{H3947} his blood{H1818} shall be upon his own head.{H7218}

He heard{H8085} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} and took not warning;{H2094} his blood{H1818} shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning,{H2094} he would have delivered{H4422} his soul.{H5315}

But if the watchman{H6822} see{H7200} the sword{H2719} come,{H935} and blow{H8628} not the trumpet,{H7782} and the people{H5971} be not warned,{H2094} and the sword{H2719} come,{H935} and take{H3947} any person{H5315} from among them; he is taken away{H3947} in his iniquity,{H5771} but his blood{H1818} will I require{H1875} at the watchman's{H6822} hand.{H3027}

So thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} I have set{H5414} thee a watchman{H6822} unto the house{H1004} of Israel;{H3478} therefore hear{H8085} the word{H1697} at my mouth,{H6310} and give them warning{H2094} from me.

When I say{H559} unto the wicked,{H7563} O wicked{H7563} man, thou shalt surely{H4191} die,{H4191} and thou dost not speak{H1696} to warn{H2094} the wicked{H7563} from his way;{H1870} that wicked{H7563} man shall die{H4191} in his iniquity,{H5771} but his blood{H1818} will I require{H1245} at thy hand.{H3027}

Nevertheless, if thou warn{H2094} the wicked{H7563} of his way{H1870} to turn{H7725} from it, and he turn{H7725} not from his way;{H1870} he shall die{H4191} in his iniquity,{H5771} but thou hast delivered{H5337} thy soul.{H5315}

And thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} say{H559} unto the house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478} Thus ye speak,{H559} saying,{H559} Our transgressions{H6588} and our sins{H2403} are upon us, and we pine away{H4743} in them; how then can we live?{H2421}

Say{H559} unto them, As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} I have no pleasure{H2654} in the death{H4194} of the wicked;{H7563} but that the wicked{H7563} turn{H7725} from his way{H1870} and live:{H2421} turn{H7725} ye, turn{H7725} ye from your evil{H7451} ways;{H1870} for why will ye die,{H4191} O house{H1004} of Israel?{H3478}

And thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} say{H559} unto the children{H1121} of thy people,{H5971} The righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} shall not deliver{H5337} him in the day{H3117} of his transgression;{H6588} and as for the wickedness{H7564} of the wicked,{H7563} he shall not fall{H3782} thereby in the day{H3117} that he turneth{H7725} from his wickedness;{H7562} neither shall he that is righteous{H6662} be able{H3201} to live{H2421} thereby in the day{H3117} that he sinneth.{H2398}

When I say{H559} to the righteous,{H6662} that he shall surely{H2421} live;{H2421} if he trust{H982} to his righteousness,{H6666} and commit{H6213} iniquity,{H5766} none of his righteous{H6666} deeds shall be remembered;{H2142} but in his iniquity{H5766} that he hath committed,{H6213} therein shall he die.{H4191}

Again, when I say{H559} unto the wicked,{H7563} Thou shalt surely{H4191} die;{H4191} if he turn{H7725} from his sin,{H2403} and do{H6213} that which is lawful{H4941} and right;{H6666}

if the wicked{H7563} restore{H7725} the pledge,{H2258} give again{H7999} that which he had taken by robbery,{H1500} walk{H1980} in the statutes{H2708} of life,{H2416} committing{H6213} no iniquity;{H5766} he shall surely{H2421} live,{H2421} he shall not die.{H4191}

None of his sins{H2403} that he hath committed{H2398} shall be remembered{H2142} against him: he hath done{H6213} that which is lawful{H4941} and right;{H6666} he shall surely{H2421} live.{H2421}

Yet the children{H1121} of thy people{H5971} say,{H559} The way{H1870} of the Lord{H136} is not equal:{H8505} but as for them, their way{H1870} is not equal.{H8505}

When the righteous{H6662} turneth{H7725} from his righteousness,{H6666} and committeth{H6213} iniquity,{H5766} he shall even die{H4191} therein.

And when the wicked{H7563} turneth{H7725} from his wickedness,{H7564} and doeth{H6213} that which is lawful{H4941} and right,{H6666} he shall live{H2421} thereby.

Yet ye say,{H559} The way{H1870} of the Lord{H136} is not equal.{H8505} O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} I will judge{H8199} you every one{H376} after his ways.{H1870}

And it came to pass in the twelfth{H8147} year{H8141} of our captivity,{H1546} in the tenth{H6224} [month], in the fifth{H2568} [day] of the month,{H2320} that one that had escaped{H6412} out of Jerusalem{H3389} came{H935} unto me, saying,{H559} The city{H5892} is smitten.{H5221}

Now the hand{H3027} of Jehovah{H3068} had been upon me in the evening,{H6153} before{H6440} he that was escaped{H6412} came;{H935} and he had opened{H6605} my mouth,{H6310} until he came{H935} to me in the morning;{H1242} and my mouth{H6310} was opened,{H6605} and I was no more dumb.{H481}

And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me, saying,{H559}

Son{H1121} of man,{H120} they that inhabit{H3427} those waste{H2723} places in the land{H127} of Israel{H3478} speak,{H559} saying,{H559} Abraham{H85} was one,{H259} and he inherited{H3423} the land:{H776} but we are many;{H7227} the land{H776} is given{H5414} us for inheritance.{H4181}

Wherefore say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Ye eat{H398} with the blood,{H1818} and lift up{H5375} your eyes{H5869} unto your idols,{H1544} and shed{H8210} blood:{H1818} and shall ye possess{H3423} the land?{H776}

Ye stand{H5975} upon your sword,{H2719} ye work{H6213} abomination,{H8441} and ye defile{H2930} every one{H376} his neighbor's{H7453} wife:{H802} and shall ye possess{H3423} the land?{H776}

Thus shalt thou say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} As I live,{H2416} surely they that are in the waste{H2723} places shall fall{H5307} by the sword;{H2719} and him that is in the open{H6440} field{H7704} will I give{H5414} to the beasts{H2416} to be devoured;{H398} and they that are in the strongholds{H4679} and in the caves{H4631} shall die{H4191} of the pestilence.{H1698}

And I will make{H5414} the land{H776} a desolation{H8077} and an astonishment;{H8077} and the pride{H1347} of her power{H5797} shall cease;{H7673} and the mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478} shall be desolate,{H8074} so that none shall pass through.{H5674}

Then shall they know{H3045} that I am Jehovah,{H3068} when I have made{H5414} the land{H776} a desolation{H8077} and an astonishment,{H8077} because of all their abominations{H8441} which they have committed.{H6213}

And as for thee, son{H1121} of man,{H120} the children{H1121} of thy people{H5971} talk{H1696} of{H681} thee by the walls{H7023} and in the doors{H6607} of the houses,{H1004} and speak{H1696} one{H2297} to another,{H259} every one{H376} to his brother,{H251} saying,{H559} Come,{H935} I pray you, and hear{H8085} what is the word{H1697} that cometh forth{H3318} from Jehovah.{H3068}

And they come{H935} unto thee as the people{H5971} cometh,{H3996} and they sit{H3427} before{H6440} thee as my people,{H5971} and they hear{H8085} thy words,{H1697} but do{H6213} them not; for with their mouth{H6310} they show{H6213} much love,{H5690} but their heart{H3820} goeth{H1980} after{H310} their gain.{H1215}

And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely{H5690} song{H7892} of one that hath a pleasant{H3303} voice,{H6963} and can play well{H2895} on an instrument;{H5059} for they hear{H8085} thy words,{H1697} but they do{H6213} them not.

And when this cometh to pass,{H935} (behold, it cometh,){H935} then shall they know{H3045} that a prophet{H5030} hath been among{H8432} them.