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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

"Son of man, speak to the ^(a)sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,

and he sees the sword coming upon the land and ^(b)blows on the trumpet and warns the people,

then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and ^(c)does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his ^(d)blood will be on his own head.

He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have ^(e)delivered his life.

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is ^(f)taken away ^[a]in his iniquity; but his ^(g)blood I will require from the watchman's hand.'

"Now as for you, son of man, I have ^[b](h)appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a ^[c]message from My mouth and give them ⁽ⁱ⁾warning from Me.

When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will ^(j)surely die,' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand.

But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he ^(k)does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have ^(l)delivered your life.