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'For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groans of a wounded man.

"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes, 'Whom are you like in your greatness?

"To which among the trees of Eden are you so alike in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those who were killed by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his hordes!"' declares the Lord GOD."

"And I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble again and again, every person for his own life, on the day of your fall."

"The strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol: 'They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, killed by the sword.'

"These Pharaoh will see, and he will find consolation regarding all his hordes killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army," declares the Lord GOD.

"Though I inflicted the terror of him on the land of the living, yet he will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised along with those killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his hordes," declares the Lord GOD.

then someone who hears the sound of the horn but does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

'He heard the sound of the horn but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have saved his life.

'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the horn and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away for his wrongdoing; but I will require his blood from the watchman's hand.'

"When I say to the wicked, 'You wicked person, you will certainly die,' and you do not speak to warn the wicked about his way, that wicked person shall die for his wrongdoing, but I will require his blood from your hand.

"But if you on your part warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die for his wrongdoing, but you have saved your life.

"Say to them, 'As I live!' declares the Lord GOD, 'I take no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?'

"And you, son of man, say to your fellow citizens, 'The righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.'

"When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die.

"But when I say to the wicked, 'You will certainly die,' and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness,

"None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall certainly live.

"When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, then he shall die in it.

"But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, he will live by them.

"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel."