lesserot - Ezekiel:33:1-20

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:1 @ And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:2 @ Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, If there be a land over which I bring the sword, and the people of the land take a man from among themselves, and appoint him unto themselves for a watchman;

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:3 @ And if he see the sword coming over the land, and blow the cornet, and warn the people;

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:4 @ And whosoever heareth the sound of the cornet, and taketh no warning; and the sword cometh, and taketh him away: his blood shall be upon his own head.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:5 @ The sound of the cornet hath he heard, and he hath taken no warning; his blood shall be upon him. But had he taken warning he would have delivered his soul.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:6 @ But if the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the cornet, so that the people be not warned, and the sword cometh, and taketh away from among them some person: this one is taken away for his iniquity; but his blood will I require from the watchmans hand.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:7 @ But as for thee, O son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: so that when thou hearest a word from my mouth, thou shalt warn them from me.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:8 @ When I say unto the wicked, O wicked one, thou shalt surely die; and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way: that wicked one shall die for his iniquity; but his blood will I require from thy hand.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:9 @ Nevertheless, if thou hast indeed warned the wicked of his way to turn away from it, and he do not turn from his way: he shall certainly die for his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:10 @ But thou, O son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, Thus do ye speak, saying, Truly our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and through them do we pine away: how then shall we live?

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:11 @ Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Eternal, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but in the return of the wicked from his way that he may live: return ye, return ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:12 @ But thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him on the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble through it on the day that he returneth from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live through the other on the day that he sinneth.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:13 @ When I say of the righteous, that he shall surely live, and he trusteth to his own righteousness, and committeth what is wrong: all his righteous deeds shall not be remembered, and for his wrong that he hath committed,through this shall he die.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:14 @ Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and he turneth from his sin, and executeth justice and righteousness;

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:15 @ If the wicked restore the pledge, make restitution for what he hath robbed, walk in the statutes of life, so as not to do any wrong: he shall surely live, he shall not die.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:16 @ All his sins that he hath committed shall not be remembered unto him: justice and righteousness hath he executed, he shall surely live.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:17 @ Yet say the children of thy people, The way of the Lord is not equitable: while, as to them, their way is not equitable.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:18 @ When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and doth what is wrong, he shall even die therefore.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:19 @ And when the wicked returneth from his wickedness, and executeth justice and righteousness, he shall surely live therefore.

lesserot@Ezekiel:33:20 @ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. Every one after his own ways will I judge you, O house of Israel.