Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 033
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And the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'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 from among them, and set him for their watchman
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if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the
horn, and warn the people
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then whosoever heareth the sound of the horn, and taketh
not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his
own head
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he heard the sound of the horn, and took not warning, his
blood shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have
delivered his soul
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But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the
horn, and the people be not warned, and the sword do 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
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So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the
house of Israel; therefore, when thou shalt hear the word at My mouth, warn them
from Me
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When I say unto the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely
die, and 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 thy hand
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Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn
from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou
hast delivered thy soul
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Therefore, O thou son of man, say unto the house of
Israel: Thus ye speak, saying: Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and
we pine away in them; how then can we live
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Say unto them: As I live, saith the L-rd 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
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And 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; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble
thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is
righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth
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When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if
he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds
shall be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, for it shall
he die
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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
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if the wicked restore the pledge, give back that which he
had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he
shall surely live, he shall not die
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None of his sins that he hath committed shall be
remembered against him; he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall
surely live
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Yet the children of thy people say: The way of the L-rd is
not equal; but as for them, their way is not equal
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When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby
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And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth
that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby
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Yet ye say: The way of the L-rd is not equal. O house of
Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
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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.
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Now the hand of HaShem had been upon me in the evening,
before he that was escaped came; and He had opened my mouth against his coming
to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb
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Then the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in 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
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Wherefore say unto them: Thus saith the L-rd GOD. Ye eat
with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood; and shall
ye possess the land
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Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye
defile every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land
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Thus shalt thou say unto them: Thus saith the L-rd GOD: As
I live, surely they that are in the waste places 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 are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence
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And I will make the land most desolate, and the pride of
her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that
none shall pass through
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Then shall they know that I am HaShem, when I have made
the land most desolate, because of all their abominations which they have
committed
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And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people
that talk of 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 HaShem
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and come unto thee as the people cometh, and sit before
thee as My people, and hear thy words, but do them not--for with their mouth
they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness
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and, lo, thou art unto them as a love song of one that
hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; so they hear thy
words, but they do them not-
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when this cometh to pass--behold, it cometh--then shall
they know that a prophet hath been among them.
Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 033
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