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1. The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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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 the children of your people, and tell them, When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for 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. if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blow the trumpet, and 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 whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and doesn't take warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall 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. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and didn't take warning; his blood shall be on him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
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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. But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn't blow the trumpet, and the people aren't warned, and the sword comes, 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.
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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. So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them 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. When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
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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. Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn't turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
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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. You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: Thus you speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?
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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, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you , turn you from your evil ways; for 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. You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that 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, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, therein shall he die.
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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. Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful 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. if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall 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 his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely 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. Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
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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 the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.
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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. When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
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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 way of the Lord is not equal. House of Israel, I will judge you everyone after his ways.
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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. It happened in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city has been struck.
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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 Yahweh had been on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more 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. The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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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, they who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
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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 tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess 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 stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile everyone his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess 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. Thus shall you tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him who is in the open field will I give to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
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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 desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass 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. Then shall they know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which 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. As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Please come and hear what is the word that comes forth from Yahweh.
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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. They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their 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. Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don't do 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. When this comes to pass, (behold, it comes,) then shall they 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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