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Chapter 33 |
| 1 | Again the word
of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
| 2 | 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; |
| 4 | 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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5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | 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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| 8 | 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. |
| 10 |
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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11 | 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? |
| 12 | 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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13 | 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. |
| 14 | 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; |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | Yet the
children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them,
their way is not equal. |
| 18 | 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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20 | 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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| 21 | 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. |
| 22 | 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. |
| 23 | 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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25 | 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? |
| 27 | 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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28 | 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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29 | 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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30 | 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. |
| 31 |
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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32 | 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. |
| 33 | And when this cometh to pass,
(lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among
them. |
