Ezekiel:33

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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 . * And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity , in the tenth [month ], on the fifth of the month , that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me , saying , The city is smitten ! * Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening , before he that had escaped came ; and he had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning ; and my mouth was opened , and I was no more dumb . * And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak , saying , Abraham was one , and he inherited this land , and we are many : the land is given us for a possession . * Therefore say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Ye eat with the blood , and lift up your eyes toward your idols , and shed blood ; and shall ye possess the land ? * Ye stand upon your sword , ye work abomination , and ye defile every one his neighbour 's wife ; and shall ye possess the land ? * Say thou thus unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : [As ] I live , verily they that are in the waste places 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 are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence . * And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment , and the pride of her strength shall cease ; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolated , so that none shall pass through . * And they shall know that I [am ] Jehovah , when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed . * And as for thee , son of man , the children of thy people keep talking of 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 Jehovah . * And they come unto thee as a people cometh , and they sit before thee [as ] my people , and they hear thy words , but they do them not ; for with their mouth they shew much love , [but ] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain . * And behold , thou art unto them as a lovely song , a pleasant voice , and one that playeth well on an instrument ; and they hear thy words , but they do them not . * And when this cometh to pass (behold , it will come ), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them .

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