<vn='1'>Again the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of thy <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3588">When</s> I <sn="935">bring</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="5921">upon</s> a <sn="776">land</s>, if the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="3947">take</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="376">man</s> of their <sn="4480 7097">coasts</s>, and <sn="5414">set</s> him for their <sn="6822">watchman</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>If when he <sn="7200">seeth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, he <sn="8628">blow</s> the <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, and <sn="2094">warn</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>; </v>
<vn='4'>Then whosoever <sn="8085 8085">heareth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">sound</s> of the <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, and taketh not <sn="2094 3808">warning</s>; if the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="935">come</s>, and take him <sn="3947">away</s>, his <sn="1818">blood</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> upon his own <sn="7218">head</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>He <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">sound</s> of the <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, and took not <sn="2094 3808">warning</s>; his <sn="1818">blood</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> upon him. But <sn="1931">he</s> that taketh <sn="2094">warning</s> shall <sn="4422">deliver</s> his <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>But <sn="3588">if</s> the <sn="6822">watchman</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="935">come</s>, and <sn="8628">blow</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s> be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2094">warned</s>; if the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="935">come</s>, and <sn="3947">take</s> any <sn="5315">person</s> from <sn="4480">among</s> them, <sn="1931">he</s> is taken <sn="3947">away</s> in his <sn="5771">iniquity</s>; but his <sn="1818">blood</s> will I <sn="1875">require</s> at the <sn="6822">watchman</s> 's <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>So <sn="859">thou</s>, O <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, I have <sn="5414">set</s> thee a <sn="6822">watchman</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; therefore thou shalt <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> at my <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>, and <sn="2094">warn</s> them <sn="4480">from</s> me. </v>
<vn='8'>When I <sn="559">say</s> unto the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, O <sn="7563">wicked</s> man, thou shalt surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>; if thou dost <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1696">speak</s> to <sn="2094">warn</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> from his <sn="4480 1870">way</s>, <sn="1931">that</s><sn="7563">wicked</s> man shall <sn="4191">die</s> in his <sn="5771">iniquity</s>; but his <sn="1818">blood</s> will I <sn="1245">require</s> at thine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Nevertheless, <sn="3588">if</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="2094">warn</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> of his <sn="4480 1870">way</s> to <sn="7725">turn</s><sn="4480">from</s> it; if he do <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">turn</s> from his <sn="4480 1870">way</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s> in his <sn="5771">iniquity</s>; but <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="5337">delivered</s> thy <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Therefore, O <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="3651">Thus</s> ye <sn="559">speak</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3588">If</s> our <sn="6588">transgressions</s> and our <sn="2403">sins</s> be <sn="5921">upon</s> us, and <sn="587">we</s> pine <sn="4743">away</s> in them, <sn="349">how</s> should we then <sn="2421">live</s>? </v>
<vn='11'><sn="559">Say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, As <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, I have no <sn="518 2654">pleasure</s> in the <sn="4194">death</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>; <sn="3588 518">but</s> that the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="7725">turn</s> from his <sn="4480 1870">way</s> and <sn="2421">live</s>: <sn="7725">turn</s> ye, <sn="7725">turn</s> ye from your <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4480 1870">ways</s>; for <sn="4100">why</s> will ye <sn="4191">die</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>Therefore, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of thy <sn="5971">people</s>, The <sn="6666">righteousness</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5337">deliver</s> him in the <sn="3117">day</s> of his <sn="6588">transgression</s>: as for the <sn="7564">wickedness</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3782">fall</s> thereby in the <sn="3117">day</s> that he <sn="7725">turneth</s> from his <sn="4480 7562">wickedness</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="6662">righteous</s> be <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="2421">live</s> for his righteousness in the <sn="3117">day</s> that he <sn="2398">sinneth</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>When I shall <sn="559">say</s> to the <sn="6662">righteous</s>, that he shall surely <sn="2421 2421">live</s>; if <sn="1931">he</s><sn="982">trust</s><sn="5921">to</s> his own <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, and <sn="6213">commit</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="6666">righteousnesses</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="2142">remembered</s>; but for his <sn="5766">iniquity</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">committed</s>, he shall <sn="4191">die</s> for it. </v>
<vn='14'>Again, when I <sn="559">say</s> unto the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, Thou shalt surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>; if he <sn="7725">turn</s> from his <sn="4480 2403">sin</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> that which is <sn="4941">lawful</s> and <sn="6666">right</s>; </v>
<vn='15'> If the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="7725">restore</s> the <sn="2258">pledge</s>, give <sn="7999">again</s> that he had <sn="1500">robbed</s>, <sn="1980">walk</s> in the <sn="2708">statutes</s> of <sn="2416">life</s>, <sn="1115">without</s><sn="6213">committing</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s>; he shall surely <sn="2421 2421">live</s>, he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3808 3605">None</s> of his <sn="2403">sins</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="2398">committed</s> shall be <sn="2142">mentioned</s> unto him: he hath <sn="6213">done</s> that which is <sn="4941">lawful</s> and <sn="6666">right</s>; he shall surely <sn="2421 2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Yet the <sn="1121">children</s> of thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s> is not <sn="8505 3808">equal</s>: but as for <sn="1992">them</s>, their <sn="1870">way</s> is not <sn="8505 3808">equal</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>When the <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="7725">turneth</s> from his <sn="4480 6666">righteousness</s>, and <sn="6213">committeth</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s>, he shall even <sn="4191">die</s> thereby. </v>
<vn='19'>But if the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="7725">turn</s> from his <sn="4480 7564">wickedness</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> that which is <sn="4941">lawful</s> and <sn="6666">right</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="2421">live</s><sn="5921">thereby</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Yet ye <sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s> is not <sn="8505 3808">equal</s>. O ye <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, I will <sn="8199">judge</s> you every <sn="376">one</s> after his <sn="1870">ways</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="8147 6240">twelfth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of our <sn="1546">captivity</s>, in the <sn="6224">tenth</s> month, in the <sn="2568">fifth</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>, that one that had <sn="6412">escaped</s> out of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="5892">city</s> is <sn="5221">smitten</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Now the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="413">upon</s> me in the <sn="6153">evening</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> he that was <sn="6412">escaped</s><sn="935">came</s>; and had <sn="6605">opened</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="6310">mouth</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> me in the <sn="1242">morning</s>; and my <sn="6310">mouth</s> was <sn="6605">opened</s>, and I was no more <sn="481 3808 5750">dumb</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Then the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, they that <sn="3427">inhabit</s><sn="428">those</s><sn="2723">wastes</s><sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="127">land</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">speak</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="85">Abraham</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="259">one</s>, and he <sn="3423">inherited</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>: but <sn="587">we</s> are <sn="7227">many</s>; the <sn="776">land</s> is <sn="5414">given</s> us for <sn="4181">inheritance</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3651">Wherefore</s><sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; Ye <sn="398">eat</s><sn="5921">with</s> the <sn="1818">blood</s>, and lift <sn="5375">up</s> your <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="413">toward</s> your <sn="1544">idols</s>, and <sn="8210">shed</s><sn="1818">blood</s>: and shall ye <sn="3423">possess</s> the <sn="776">land</s>? </v>
<vn='26'>Ye <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> your <sn="2719">sword</s>, ye <sn="6213">work</s><sn="8441">abomination</s>, and ye <sn="2930">defile</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>: and shall ye <sn="3423">possess</s> the <sn="776">land</s>? </v>
<vn='27'><sn="559">Say</s> thou <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; As <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="518 3808">surely</s> they <sn="834">that</s> are in the <sn="2723">wastes</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and him <sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="6440">open</s><sn="7704">field</s> will I <sn="5414">give</s> to the <sn="2416">beasts</s> to be <sn="398">devoured</s>, and they <sn="834">that</s> be in the <sn="4679">forts</s> and in the <sn="4631">caves</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s> of the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>For I will <sn="5414">lay</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> most <sn="8077 4923">desolate</s>, and the <sn="1347">pomp</s> of her <sn="5797">strength</s> shall <sn="7673">cease</s>; and the <sn="2022">mountains</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall be <sn="8074">desolate</s>, that <sn="4480 369">none</s> shall pass <sn="5674">through</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Then shall they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, when I have <sn="5414">laid</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> most <sn="8077 4923">desolate</s> because <sn="5921">of</s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="8441">abominations</s><sn="834">which</s> they have <sn="6213">committed</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Also, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, the <sn="1121">children</s> of thy <sn="5971">people</s> still are <sn="1696">talking</s> against thee <sn="681">by</s> the <sn="7023">walls</s> and in the <sn="6607">doors</s> of the <sn="1004">houses</s>, and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="2297">one</s><sn="854">to</s><sn="259">another</s>, every <sn="376">one</s><sn="854">to</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="935">Come</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, and <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="4100">what</s> is the <sn="1697">word</s> that cometh <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And they <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee as the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3996">cometh</s>, and they <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee as my <sn="5971">people</s>, and they <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1697">words</s>, but they will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">do</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> with their <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="6213">show</s> much <sn="5690">love</s>, but their <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="1980">goeth</s><sn="310">after</s> their <sn="1215">covetousness</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And, <sn="2009">lo</s>, thou art unto them as a very <sn="5690">lovely</s><sn="7892">song</s> of one that hath a <sn="3303">pleasant</s><sn="6963">voice</s>, and can play well on an <sn="5059 3190">instrument</s>: for they <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1697">words</s>, but they <sn="6213">do</s> them <sn="369">not</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And when this cometh to <sn="935">pass</s>, ( <sn="2009">lo</s>, it will <sn="935">come</s>,) then shall they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> a <sn="5030">prophet</s> hath <sn="1961">been</s><sn="8432">among</s> them. </v>