Ezekiel
A Watchman
The
Word of the Lord came to me:
2
'Son of man, spake to your country men and say to them:
'When
I bring the Sword against a land
And
the people of the land choose one of their men
And
make him their Watchman,
3
And he sees the Sword coming against the land
And
blows the Trumpet to warn the people,
4
Then if anyone hears the Trumpet
But
does not take warning
And
the Sword comes and take his life,
His
blood will be on his own head.
5
Since he heard the sound of the Trumpet
But
did not take warning,
His
blood will be on his own head.
If
he had taken warning, he would have saved himself.
6
But if the Watchman sees the Sword coming
And
does not blow the Trumpet to warn the people
And
the Sword comes and takes the life of one of them,
That
man will be taken away because of his Sin,
But
I will hold the Watchman accountable for his blood.
7
'Son of man,
I
have made you a Watchman for the House of Israel;
So
hear the Word I speak and give them warning from Me.
8
When I say to the Wicked,
'O
Wicked man, you will surely Die,'
And
you do not speak out to Dissuade him from his ways,
That
Wicked man will Die for his Sin,
And
I will hold you accountable for his blood.
6
But if you do warn the Wicked man
To
turn from his ways and he does not do so,
He
will Die for his Sin,
But
you will have Saved yourself.
10
'Son of man, say to the House of Israel,
'This
is what you are saying:
'Our
Offenses and Sins weigh us down,
And
we are Wasting Away because of them.
How
then can we live?'
11'Say
to them,
'AS
SURELY AS I LIVE, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD,
I
TAKE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED,
But
rather that they turn from their ways and live.
TURN!
TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS!
WHY
WILL YOU DIE, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?'
12
'Therefore , son of man, say to your Countrymen,
'The
Righteousness of the Righteous man
Will
not save him when he Disobeys,
And
the Wickedness of the Wicked man
Will
not cause him to Fall when he turns from it.
The
Righteous man, if he Sins,
Will
not be allowed to live because of his former Righteousness.'
13
If I tell the Righteous man that he will surely live,
But
then he trust in his Righteousness and does Evil,
None
of the Righteous things he has done will be remembered;
He
will Die for the Evil he has done.
14
And if I say to the Wicked man,
'You
will surely Die,'
But
he then turns away from his Sin
And
does what is Just and Right--
15
If he gives back what he took in pledge for a loan,
Returns
what he has stolen,
Follows
the Decrees that give life,
And
does no Evil, he will surely live;
He
will not Die.
16
None of the Sins he has committed
Will
be remembered against him.
He
has done what is Just and Right;
He
will surely live.
17
'Yet your country men say,
'The
way of the Lord is not Just.'
But
it is their way that is not Just.
18
If a Righteous man turns from his Righteousness
And
does Evil, he will Die for it.
19
And if a Wicked man turns away from his Wickedness
And
does what is Just and Right,
He
will live by doing so.
20
Yet, O House of Israel, you say,
'The
way of the Lord is not Just.'
BUT
I WILL JUDGE EACH OF YOU ACCORDING TO HIS OWN WAYS.'
(Ezekiel
33:1-20)
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