Ezekiel 33 (kjv)

Again the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me, saying^H559,²Son^H1121 of man^H120, speak^H1696 to the children^H1121 of thy people^H5971, and say^H559 unto them, When I bring^H935 the sword^H2719 upon a land^H776, if the people^H5971 of the land^H776 take^H3947 a^H259 man^H376 of their coasts^H7097, and set^H5414 him for their watchman^H6822:³If when he seeth^H7200 the sword^H2719 come^H935 upon the land^H776, he blow^H8628 the trumpet^H7782, and warn^H2094 the people^H5971;⁴Then whosoever^H8085 heareth^H8085 the sound^H6963 of the trumpet^H7782, and taketh not warning^H2094; if the sword^H2719 come^H935, and take him away^H3947, his blood^H1818 shall be upon his own head^H7218.⁵He heard^H8085 the sound^H6963 of the trumpet^H7782, and took not warning^H2094; his blood^H1818 shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning^H2094 shall deliver^H4422 his soul^H5315.⁶But if the watchman^H6822 see^H7200 the sword^H2719 come^H935, and blow^H8628 not the trumpet^H7782, and the people^H5971 be not warned^H2094; if the sword^H2719 come^H935, and take^H3947 any person^H5315 from among them, he is taken away^H3947 in his iniquity^H5771; but his blood^H1818 will I require^H1875 at the watchman's^H6822 hand^H3027.

⁷So thou, O son^H1121 of man^H120, I have set^H5414 thee a watchman^H6822 unto the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478; therefore thou shalt hear^H8085 the word^H1697 at my mouth^H6310, and warn^H2094 them from me.⁸When I say^H559 unto the wicked^H7563, O wicked^H7563 man, thou shalt surely^H4191 die^H4191; if thou dost not speak^H1696 to warn^H2094 the wicked^H7563 from his way^H1870, that wicked^H7563 man shall die^H4191 in his iniquity^H5771; but his blood^H1818 will I require^H1245 at thine hand^H3027.⁹Nevertheless, if thou warn^H2094 the wicked^H7563 of his way^H1870 to turn^H7725 from it; if he do not turn^H7725 from his way^H1870, he shall die^H4191 in his iniquity^H5771; but thou hast delivered^H5337 thy soul^H5315.

¹⁰Therefore, O thou son^H1121 of man^H120, speak^H559 unto the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478; Thus ye speak^H559, saying^H559, If our transgressions^H6588 and our sins^H2403 be upon us, and we pine away^H4743 in them, how should we then live^H2421?¹¹Say^H559 unto them, As I live^H2416, saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, I have no pleasure^H2654 in the death^H4194 of the wicked^H7563; but that the wicked^H7563 turn^H7725 from his way^H1870 and live^H2421: turn^H7725 ye, turn^H7725 ye from your evil^H7451 ways^H1870; for why will ye die^H4191, O house^H1004 of Israel^H3478?¹²Therefore, thou son^H1121 of man^H120, say^H559 unto the children^H1121 of thy people^H5971, The righteousness^H6666 of the righteous^H6662 shall not deliver^H5337 him in the day^H3117 of his transgression^H6588: as for the wickedness^H7564 of the wicked^H7563, he shall not fall^H3782 thereby in the day^H3117 that he turneth^H7725 from his wickedness^H7562; neither shall the righteous^H6662 be able^H3201 to live^H2421 for his righteousness in the day^H3117 that he sinneth^H2398.¹³When I shall say^H559 to the righteous^H6662, that he shall surely^H2421 live^H2421; if he trust^H982 to his own righteousness^H6666, and commit^H6213 iniquity^H5766, all his righteousnesses^H6666 shall not be remembered^H2142; but for his iniquity^H5766 that he hath committed^H6213, he shall die^H4191 for it.¹⁴Again, when I say^H559 unto the wicked^H7563, Thou shalt surely^H4191 die^H4191; if he turn^H7725 from his sin^H2403, and do^H6213 that which is lawful^H4941 and right^H6666;¹⁵If the wicked^H7563 restore^H7725 the pledge^H2258, give again^H7999 that he had robbed^H1500, walk^H1980 in the statutes^H2708 of life^H2416, without committing^H6213 iniquity^H5766; he shall surely^H2421 live^H2421, he shall not die^H4191.¹⁶None of his sins^H2403 that he hath committed^H2398 shall be mentioned^H2142 unto him: he hath done^H6213 that which is lawful^H4941 and right^H6666; he shall surely^H2421 live^H2421.

¹⁷Yet the children^H1121 of thy people^H5971 say^H559, The way^H1870 of the Lord^H136 is not equal^H8505: but as for them, their way^H1870 is not equal^H8505.¹⁸When the righteous^H6662 turneth^H7725 from his righteousness^H6666, and committeth^H6213 iniquity^H5766, he shall even die^H4191 thereby.¹⁹But if the wicked^H7563 turn^H7725 from his wickedness^H7564, and do^H6213 that which is lawful^H4941 and right^H6666, he shall live^H2421 thereby.²⁰Yet ye say^H559, The way^H1870 of the Lord^H136 is not equal^H8505. O ye house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, I will judge^H8199 you every one^H376 after his ways^H1870.

²¹And it came to pass in the twelfth^{H8147 H6240} year^H8141 of our captivity^H1546, in the tenth^H6224 month, in the fifth^H2568 day of the month^H2320, that one that had escaped^H6412 out of Jerusalem^H3389 came^H935 unto me, saying^H559, The city^H5892 is smitten^H5221.²²Now the hand^H3027 of the LORD^H3068 was upon me in the evening^H6153, afore^H6440 he that was escaped^H6412 came^H935; and had opened^H6605 my mouth^H6310, until he came^H935 to me in the morning^H1242; and my mouth^H6310 was opened^H6605, and I was no more dumb^H481.²³Then the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me, saying^H559,²⁴Son^H1121 of man^H120, they that inhabit^H3427 those wastes^H2723 of the land^H127 of Israel^H3478 speak^H559, saying^H559, Abraham^H85 was one^H259, and he inherited^H3423 the land^H776: but we are many^H7227; the land^H776 is given^H5414 us for inheritance^H4181.

²⁵Wherefore say^H559 unto them, Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; Ye eat^H398 with the blood^H1818, and lift up^H5375 your eyes^H5869 toward your idols^H1544, and shed^H8210 blood^H1818: and shall ye possess^H3423 the land^H776?²⁶Ye stand^H5975 upon your sword^H2719, ye work^H6213 abomination^H8441, and ye defile^H2930 every one^H376 his neighbour's^H7453 wife^H802: and shall ye possess^H3423 the land^H776?²⁷Say^H559 thou thus unto them, Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; As I live^H2416, surely they that are in the wastes^H2723 shall fall^H5307 by the sword^H2719, and him that is in the open^H6440 field^H7704 will I give^H5414 to the beasts^H2416 to be devoured^H398, and they that be in the forts^H4679 and in the caves^H4631 shall die^H4191 of the pestilence^H1698.²⁸For I will lay^H5414 the land^H776 most^H4923 desolate^H8077, and the pomp^H1347 of her strength^H5797 shall cease^H7673; and the mountains^H2022 of Israel^H3478 shall be desolate^H8074, that none shall pass through^H5674.²⁹Then shall they know^H3045 that I am the LORD^H3068, when I have laid^H5414 the land^H776 most^H4923 desolate^H8077 because of all their abominations^H8441 which they have committed^H6213.

³⁰Also, thou son^H1121 of man^H120, the children^H1121 of thy people^H5971 still are talking^H1696 against^H681 thee by the walls^H7023 and in the doors^H6607 of the houses^H1004, and speak^H1696 one^H2297 to another^H259, every one^H376 to his brother^H251, saying^H559, Come^H935, I pray you, and hear^H8085 what is the word^H1697 that cometh forth^H3318 from the LORD^H3068.³¹And they come^H935 unto thee as the people^H5971 cometh^H3996, and they sit^H3427 before^H6440 thee as my people^H5971, and they hear^H8085 thy words^H1697, but they will not do^H6213 them: for with their mouth^H6310 they shew^H6213 much love^H5690, but their heart^H3820 goeth^H1980 after^H310 their covetousness^H1215.³²And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely^H5690 song^H7892 of one that hath a pleasant^H3303 voice^H6963, and can play well^H2895 on an instrument^H5059: for they hear^H8085 thy words^H1697, but they do^H6213 them not.³³And when this cometh to pass^H935, (lo, it will come^H935 then shall they know^H3045 that a prophet^H5030 hath been among^H8432 them.