26_EZE_33_01 again the word of the LORD came unto me , saying ,
26_EZE_33_02 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 :
26_EZE_33_03 if when he seeth the sword come upon the land , he blow the trumpet , And warn the people ;
26_EZE_33_04 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 .
26_EZE_33_05 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 .
26_EZE_33_06 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 .
26_EZE_33_07 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 .
26_EZE_33_08 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 .
26_EZE_33_09 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 .
26_EZE_33_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 ?
26_EZE_33_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 ?
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 ;
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_18 when the righteous turneth from his righteousness , And committeth iniquity , he shall even die thereby .
26_EZE_33_19 but if the wicked turn from his wickedness , And do that which Is lawful And right , he shall live thereby .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me , saying ,
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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_EZE_33_26 ye stand upon your sword , ye work abomination , And ye defile every one his neighbour's wife : And shall ye possess the land ?
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_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 show much love , [ but ] their heart goeth after their covetousness .
26_EZE_33_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 .
26_EZE_33_33 And when this cometh to pass , [ Lo , it will come , ] Then shall they know that A prophet hath been among them .