King
James Bible
1Again the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying,
2Son 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:
3If when he seeth the sword
come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4Then 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.
5He 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.
6But 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.
7So 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.
8When 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.
9Nevertheless, 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.
The Message of the Watchman
10Therefore, 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?
11Say 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?
12Therefore, 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.
13When 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.
14Again, when I say unto the
wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which
is lawful and right;
15If
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.
16None 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.
17Yet the children of thy people
say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not
equal.
18When the righteous turneth
from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die
thereby.
19But if the wicked turn from
his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live
thereby.
20Yet ye say, The way of the
Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after
his ways.
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