Ezekiel:33:1-20

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* And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , speak to the children of thy people , and say unto them , When I bring the sword upon a land , and the people of the land take one man from among them all , and set him for their watchman : * if he see the sword coming upon the land , and blow the trumpet , and warn the people ; * 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 . * He heard the sound of the trumpet , and took not warning ; his blood is upon him : whereas had he taken warning , he would have delivered his soul . * But if the watchman see the sword coming , and blow not the trumpet , and the people be not warned , if the sword come and take a person from among them , he is taken away in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at the watchman 's hand . * So thou , son of man , I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel ; and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth , and warn them from me . * When I say unto the wicked , Wicked [man ], thou shalt certainly die ; and thou speakest not to warn the wicked from his way , that wicked [man ] shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thy hand . * But if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it , and he do not turn from his way , he shall die in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy soul . * And thou , son of man , say unto the house of Israel , Thus ye speak , saying , Our transgressions and our sins are upon us , and we waste away in them , how then should we live ? * Say unto them , As I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , 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 ? * And 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 ; and 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 thereby in the day that he sinneth . * When I say to the righteous that he shall certainly live , and he trusteth to his righteousness and doeth what is wrong , none of his righteous acts shall be remembered ; but in his unrighteousness which he hath done , in it shall he die . * And when I say unto the wicked , Thou shalt certainly die , and he turneth from his sin , and doeth judgment and justice ; * if the wicked restore the pledge , give again that he had taken by robbery , walk in the statutes of life , doing nothing that is wrong ; he shall certainly live , he shall not die . * None of his sins which he hath committed shall be remembered against him : he hath done judgment and justice ; he shall certainly live . * Yet the children of thy people say , The way of the Lord is not equal : but as for them , their way is not equal . * When the righteous turneth from his righteousness , and doeth what is wrong , then he shall die therein . * And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness , and doeth judgment and justice , he shall live for these things . * Yet ye say , The way of the Lord is not equal . O house of Israel , I will judge you every one after his ways .

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