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1. The word of the LORD came to me:
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1. Again the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land select a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , speak H1696 to H413 the children H1121 of thy people H5971 , and say H559 unto H413 them, When H3588 I bring H935 the sword H2719 upon H5921 a land H776 , if the people H5971 of the land H776 take H3947 a H259 man H376 of their coasts H4480 H7097 , and set H5414 him for their watchman H6822 :
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3. and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows his trumpet to warn the people.
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3. If when he seeth H7200 H853 the sword H2719 come H935 upon H5921 the land H776 , he blow H8628 the trumpet H7782 , and warn H2094 H853 the people H5971 ;
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4. Then, if anyone hears the sound of the trumpet but ignores the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
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4. Then whosoever heareth H8085 H8085 H853 the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 , and taketh not warning H2094 H3808 ; if the sword H2719 come H935 , and take him away H3947 , his blood H1818 shall be H1961 upon his own head H7218 .
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5. Since he heard the sound of the trumpet but ignored the warning, his blood is on his own hands. If he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.
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5. He heard H8085 H853 the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 , and took not warning H2094 H3808 ; his blood H1818 shall be H1961 upon him . But he H1931 that taketh warning H2094 shall deliver H4422 his soul H5315 .
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6. However, if the watchman sees the sword coming but doesn't blow the trumpet, so that the people aren't warned, and the sword comes and takes away their lives, then they have been taken away because of their iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.
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6. But if H3588 the watchman H6822 see H7200 H853 the sword H2719 come H935 , and blow H8628 not H3808 the trumpet H7782 , and the people H5971 be not H3808 warned H2094 ; if the sword H2719 come H935 , and take H3947 any person H5315 from among H4480 them, he H1931 is taken away H3947 in his iniquity H5771 ; but his blood H1818 will I require H1875 at the watchman H6822 's hand H4480 H3027 .
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7. "As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
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7. So thou H859 , O son H1121 of man H120 , I have set H5414 thee a watchman H6822 unto the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ; therefore thou shalt hear H8085 the word H1697 at my mouth H4480 H6310 , and warn H2094 them from H4480 me.
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8. If I say to the wicked: Wicked one, you will surely die, but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
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8. When I say H559 unto the wicked H7563 , O wicked H7563 man , thou shalt surely die H4191 H4191 ; if thou dost not H3808 speak H1696 to warn H2094 the wicked H7563 from his way H4480 H1870 , that H1931 wicked H7563 man shall die H4191 in his iniquity H5771 ; but his blood H1818 will I require H1245 at thine hand H4480 H3027 .
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9. But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he doesn't turn from it, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
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9. Nevertheless, if H3588 thou H859 warn H2094 the wicked H7563 of his way H4480 H1870 to turn H7725 from H4480 it ; if he do not H3808 turn H7725 from his way H4480 H1870 , he H1931 shall die H4191 in his iniquity H5771 ; but thou H859 hast delivered H5337 thy soul H5315 .
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10. "Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have said this: Our transgressions and our sins are heavy on us, and we are wasting away because of them! How then can we survive?
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10. Therefore , O thou H859 son H1121 of man H120 , speak H559 unto H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ; Thus H3651 ye speak H559 , saying H559 , If H3588 our transgressions H6588 and our sins H2403 be upon H5921 us , and we H587 pine away H4743 in them, how H349 should we then live H2421 ?
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11. Tell them: As I live"-- the declaration of the Lord God-- "I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel?
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11. Say H559 unto H413 them, As I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , I have no pleasure H518 H2654 in the death H4194 of the wicked H7563 ; but H3588 H518 that the wicked H7563 turn H7725 from his way H4480 H1870 and live H2421 : turn H7725 ye, turn H7725 ye from your evil H7451 ways H4480 H1870 ; for why H4100 will ye die H4191 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 ?
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12. "Now, son of man, say to your people: The righteousness of the righteous person will not save him on the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked person cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. The righteous person won't be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.
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12. Therefore, thou H859 son H1121 of man H120 , say H559 unto H413 the children H1121 of thy people H5971 , The righteousness H6666 of the righteous H6662 shall not H3808 deliver H5337 him in the day H3117 of his transgression H6588 : as for the wickedness H7564 of the wicked H7563 , he shall not H3808 fall H3782 thereby in the day H3117 that he turneth H7725 from his wickedness H4480 H7562 ; neither H3808 shall the righteous H6662 be able H3201 to live H2421 for his righteousness in the day H3117 that he sinneth H2398 .
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13. When I tell the righteous person that he will surely live, but he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
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13. When I shall say H559 to the righteous H6662 , that he shall surely live H2421 H2421 ; if he H1931 trust H982 to H5921 his own righteousness H6666 , and commit H6213 iniquity H5766 , all H3605 his righteousnesses H6666 shall not H3808 be remembered H2142 ; but for his iniquity H5766 that H834 he hath committed H6213 , he shall die H4191 for it.
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14. "So when I tell the wicked person: You will surely die, but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right--
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14. Again , when I say H559 unto the wicked H7563 , Thou shalt surely die H4191 H4191 ; if he turn H7725 from his sin H4480 H2403 , and do H6213 that which is lawful H4941 and right H6666 ;
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15. he returns collateral, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity-- he will certainly live; he will not die.
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15. If the wicked H7563 restore H7725 the pledge H2258 , give again H7999 that he had robbed H1500 , walk H1980 in the statutes H2708 of life H2416 , without H1115 committing H6213 iniquity H5766 ; he shall surely live H2421 H2421 , he shall not H3808 die H4191 .
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16. None of the sins he committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.
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16. None H3808 H3605 of his sins H2403 that H834 he hath committed H2398 shall be mentioned H2142 unto him : he hath done H6213 that which is lawful H4941 and right H6666 ; he shall surely live H2421 H2421 .
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17. "But your people say: The Lord's way isn't fair, even though it is their own way that isn't fair.
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17. Yet the children H1121 of thy people H5971 say H559 , The way H1870 of the Lord H136 is not equal H8505 H3808 : but as for them H1992 , their way H1870 is not equal H8505 H3808 .
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18. When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die on account of this.
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18. When the righteous H6662 turneth H7725 from his righteousness H4480 H6666 , and committeth H6213 iniquity H5766 , he shall even die H4191 thereby.
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19. But when a wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
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19. But if the wicked H7563 turn H7725 from his wickedness H4480 H7564 , and do H6213 that which is lawful H4941 and right H6666 , he H1931 shall live H2421 thereby H5921 .
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20. Yet you say: The Lord's way isn't fair. I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel."
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20. Yet ye say H559 , The way H1870 of the Lord H136 is not equal H8505 H3808 . O ye house H1004 of Israel H3478 , I will judge H8199 you every one H376 after his ways H1870 .
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21. In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, "The city has been taken!"
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21. And it came to pass H1961 in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of our captivity H1546 , in the tenth H6224 month , in the fifth H2568 day of the month H2320 , that one that had escaped H6412 out of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 came H935 unto H413 me, saying H559 , The city H5892 is smitten H5221 .
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22. Now the hand of the LORD had been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
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22. Now the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 upon H413 me in the evening H6153 , before H6440 he that was escaped H6412 came H935 ; and had opened H6605 H853 my mouth H6310 , until H5704 he came H935 to H413 me in the morning H1242 ; and my mouth H6310 was opened H6605 , and I was no more dumb H481 H3808 H5750 .
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23. Then the word of the LORD came to me:
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23. Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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24. "Son of man, those who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying: Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.
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24. Son H1121 of man H120 , they that inhabit H3427 those H428 wastes H2723 of H5921 the land H127 of Israel H3478 speak H559 , saying H559 , Abraham H85 was H1961 one H259 , and he inherited H3423 H853 the land H776 : but we H587 are many H7227 ; the land H776 is given H5414 us for inheritance H4181 .
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25. Therefore say to them: This is what the Lord God says: You eat meat with blood in it, raise your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then receive possession of the land?
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25. Wherefore H3651 say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Ye eat H398 with H5921 the blood H1818 , and lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 toward H413 your idols H1544 , and shed H8210 blood H1818 : and shall ye possess H3423 the land H776 ?
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26. You have relied on your swords, you have committed abominations, and each of you has defiled his neighbor's wife. Should you then receive possession of the land?
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26. Ye stand H5975 upon H5921 your sword H2719 , ye work H6213 abomination H8441 , and ye defile H2930 every one H376 H853 his neighbor H7453 's wife H802 : and shall ye possess H3423 the land H776 ?
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27. "Tell them this: This is what the Lord God says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I have given to wild animals to be devoured, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
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27. Say H559 thou thus H3541 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; As I H589 live H2416 , surely H518 H3808 they that H834 are in the wastes H2723 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 , and him that H834 is in H5921 the open H6440 field H7704 will I give H5414 to the beasts H2416 to be devoured H398 , and they that H834 be in the forts H4679 and in the caves H4631 shall die H4191 of the pestilence H1698 .
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28. I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through.
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28. For I will lay H5414 H853 the land H776 most desolate H8077 H4923 , and the pomp H1347 of her strength H5797 shall cease H7673 ; and the mountains H2022 of Israel H3478 shall be desolate H8074 , that none H4480 H369 shall pass through H5674 .
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29. They will know that I am the LORD when I make the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.
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29. Then shall they know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 , when I have laid H5414 H853 the land H776 most desolate H8077 H4923 because of H5921 all H3605 their abominations H8441 which H834 they have committed H6213 .
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30. "Now, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One person speaks to another, each saying to his brother: Come and hear what the message is that comes from the LORD!
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30. Also, thou H859 son H1121 of man H120 , the children H1121 of thy people H5971 still are talking H1696 against thee by H681 the walls H7023 and in the doors H6607 of the houses H1004 , and speak H1696 one H2297 to H854 another H259 , every one H376 to H854 his brother H251 , saying H559 , Come H935 , I pray you H4994 , and hear H8085 what H4100 is the word H1697 that cometh forth H3318 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 .
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31. So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don't obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue unjust gain.
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31. And they come H935 unto H413 thee as the people H5971 cometh H3996 , and they sit H3427 before H6440 thee as my people H5971 , and they hear H8085 H853 thy words H1697 , but they will not H3808 do H6213 them: for H3588 with their mouth H6310 they H1992 show H6213 much love H5690 , but their heart H3820 goeth H1980 after H310 their covetousness H1215 .
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32. Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don't obey them.
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32. And, lo H2009 , thou art unto them as a very lovely H5690 song H7892 of one that hath a pleasant H3303 voice H6963 , and can play well on an instrument H5059 H3190 : for they hear H8085 H853 thy words H1697 , but they do H6213 them not H369 .
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33. Yet when it comes-- and it will definitely come-- then they will know that a prophet has been among them."
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33. And when this cometh to pass H935 , ( lo H2009 , it will come H935 ,) then shall they know H3045 that H3588 a prophet H5030 hath been H1961 among H8432 them.
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