Again the word
of the LORD
came unto me, saying,
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:
If when he seeth
the sword
come
upon the land,
he blow
the trumpet,
and warn
the people;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
forewarn sb of sth
προαπαγγείλῃς
proapangeilēs
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?
say
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?
say
recourse
ἀποστροφῇ
apostrophē
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.
say
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.
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;
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.
pledge
ἐνεχύρασμα
enechyrasma
booty
ἅρπαγμα
harpagma
ordinance
προστάγμασιν
prostagmasin
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.
Yet the children
of thy people
say,
The way
of the Lord
is not equal:
but as for them, their way
is not equal.
When the righteous
turneth
from his righteousness,
and committeth
iniquity,
he shall even die
thereby.
But if the wicked
turn
from his wickedness,
and do
that which is lawful
and right,
he shall live
thereby.
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.
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.
return safely
ἀνασωθεὶς
anasōtheis
taken
ἑάλω
healō
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.
Then the word
of the LORD
came unto me, saying,
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.
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?
Ye stand
upon your sword,
ye work
abomination,
and ye defile
every one
his neighbour's
wife:
and shall ye possess
the land?
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.
plain
πεδίου
pediou
that which is to be devoured
κατάβρωμα
katabrōma
build a wall
τετειχισμέναις
teteichismenais
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And when this cometh to pass,
(lo, it will come,
) then shall they know
that a prophet
hath been among
them.
