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# : [When...: Heb. A land when I bring a sword upon her]
			3	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. [whosoever...: Heb. he that hearing heareth]
			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.
			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.
			9	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# ?
			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# .
			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; [that...: Heb. judgment and justice]
			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.
			19	But if the wicked turn# from his wickedness, and do# that which is lawful and right, he shall live# thereby.
			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.
			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# ,
			24	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.
			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?
			26	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. [to be...: Heb. to devour him]
			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# . [most...: Heb. desolation and desolation]
			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# .
			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. [against thee: of, of thee]
			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. [as the...: Heb. according to the coming of the people] [they sit...: or, my people sit before thee] [they shew...: Heb. they make loves, or, jests]
			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. [a very...: Heb. a song of loves]
			33	And when this cometh to pass# , (lo, it will come# ,) then shall they know# that a prophet hath been among them.