¹The Lord spoke his word to me. He said, ²“Son of man, speak to your people. Tell them, ‘Suppose I bring war on this country, and the people of this country choose one of their men and make him their watchman. ³If he sees the enemy coming to attack the country, he will blow his horn to warn the people. ⁴If the people hear the horn and ignore the warning and the enemy comes and takes them, they will be responsible for their own deaths. ⁵They heard the sound of the horn but ignored its warning. So they are responsible for their own deaths. If they had taken the warning, they would have saved themselves.

⁶“ ‘But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t blow his horn to warn the people and the enemy comes and kills someone, that watchman must die because of his sin. I will hold him responsible for their deaths.’

⁷“Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me. ⁸Suppose I say to a wicked person, ‘You wicked person, you will certainly die,’ and you say nothing to warn him to change his ways. That wicked person will die because of his sin, and I will hold you responsible for his death. ⁹But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his ways and he doesn’t turn from them, then he will die because of his sin. However, you will save yourself.

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