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Chapter 33
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Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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Son 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: |
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If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow
the trumpet, and warn the people; |
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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. |
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He 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. |
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But 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. |
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So 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. |
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When 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. |
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Nevertheless, 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. |
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Therefore, 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? |
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Say 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? |
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Therefore, 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. |
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When 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. |
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Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely
die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful
and right; |
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If 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. |
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None 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. |
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Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the
Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not
equal. |
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When the righteous turneth from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. |
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But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do
that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. |
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Yet 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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And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity,
in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that
one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying,
The city is smitten. |
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Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening,
afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth,
until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was
opened, and I was no more dumb. |
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Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of 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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Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye
eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your
idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? |
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Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and
ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye
possess the land? |
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Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As
I live, surely they that are in the wastes 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 be
in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. |
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For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp
of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel
shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. |
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Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have
laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations
which they have committed. |
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Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still
are talking against 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 the LORD. |
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And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they
sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words,
but they will not do them: for with their mouth they
shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. |
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And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of
one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on
an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them
not. |
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And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then
shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. |
