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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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Son of man, speak to▵ the sons of thy people, and say to▵ them, When◦ I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man◦ from within their ends, and put◦ him for a watchman for them;
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and he sees the sword come on the land, and he sounds the shophar*, and warns the people;
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and the hearer hear the voice of the shophar, and take· not ·warning, and the sword come, and take him, his blood shall be on◦ his own head.
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He heard the voice of the shophar, and took· not ·warning; his blood shall be upon◦ him. But he◦ who takes··warning shall deliver◦ his soul.
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But if▫ the watchman should see the sword coming, and not sound the shophar, and the people be not warned; and the sword come, and take a soul from among them◦, he◦ is taken in his iniquity, but his blood will I require from the hand of the watchman.
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And thou◦, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman to the house of Israel; and thou shalt hear the word from My mouth, and warn them from Me.
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When I say to the wicked, O wicked one, dying thou shalt die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that◦ wicked one shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I seek at thy hand.
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But thou◦, if▫ thou warn the wicked of his way to turn··back from it, and he does not turn··back from his way, he◦ shall··die in his iniquity; but thou◦ hast rescued thy soul.
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And thou◦, son of man, say to▵ the house of Israel, Thus◦ you say, saying, Surely▵ our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we◦ waste··away in them, and how◦ should we live?
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Say to▵ them, As I◦ am alive, says◦ the Lord Jehovih*, I have no▫ delight in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn··back from his way and live; turn· ye ·back, turn· ye ·back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
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And thou◦, son of man, say to▵ the sons of thy people, The justice of the just shall not rescue him in the day of his transgression; and the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble on◦ it in the day that he turns··back from his wickedness; neither shall the just be··able to live in his justice in the day of his sin.
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When I shall say to the just, that living he shall live, and he◦ should trust upon his own justice, and do perversity, all his justice shall not be remembered; but for his perversity that he has done, he shall··die for it.
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And when I say to the wicked, Dying thou shalt die, and he turn··back from his sin, and do judgment and justice,
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If the wicked return the pledge, repay what··is··robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without doing perversity, living he shall live; he shall· not ·die.
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All of his sins that he has sinned shall not be mentioned to him; he has done judgment and justice; living he shall live.
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But the sons of thy people say, The way of the Lord is· not ·fair◦*; but as for them◦, their way is· not ·fair◦.
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When the just turns··back from his justice, and does perversity, he shall· even ·die thereby.
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But if the wicked turn··back from his wickedness, and do judgment and justice, thereby he◦ shall live.
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But you say, The way of the Lord is· not ·fair◦. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you, each··man◦ according··to his ways.
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And it was, in the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, in the fifth of the month, that one who had escaped◦ from Jerusalem came to▵ me, saying, The city is smitten.
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And the hand of Jehovah was upon me in the evening, before the coming of him who escaped◦; and He opened my mouth, until he came to▵ me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was··dumb no◦ more◦.
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And the word of Jehovah was to▵ me, saying,
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Son of man, they who dwell··in these wastes of the ground of Israel say, saying, Abraham was one, and he possessed the land, but we◦ are many; the land is given to us for a possession.
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Therefore say to▵ them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih: You eat with the blood, and lift your eyes to▵ your idols, and shed blood; and shall you possess the land?
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You stand upon your sword, you do abomination, and you are defiled, a man◦ with the wife of his companion; and shall you possess the land?
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Say thou thus to▵ them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih: As I◦ live, surely they who are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him who is on the faces of the field will I give to the wild··animals to devour, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
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And I will lay the land most desolate, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass··through.
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And they shall know that I◦ am Jehovah, when I have laid the land most desolate on··account··of all their abominations which they have done.
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And thou◦, son of man, the sons of thy people are speaking against◦ thee beside the walls◦ and in the entrances of the houses, and they speak one with◦ another one, a man◦ to his brother, saying, Come, I pray◦ you, and hear what the word is that goes··forth from Jehovah.
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And they come unto▵ thee as the coming of a people, and they sit before thee as My people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them; for with their mouth they◦ do dote, but their heart goes◦ after their own gain.
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And, behold, thou art to them as a doting song of a beautiful voice, and thou strummest well; and they hear thy words, but none of them do them.
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And when it comes—, behold it comes—then they shall know that a prophet has been among▵ them.
