¹⁴And the Spirit lifted me and took me, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me. ¹⁵And I went to the exiles^v at Tel Abib, who were dwelling near the Kebar River,^w and I sat where they were dwelling. I sat there seven days in the midst of them, stunned. ¹⁶And then it happened^x at the end of seven days, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ¹⁷“Son of man,^y I have appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me. ¹⁸When I say^z to the wicked, ‘Surely you will die,’ and you do not warn him and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way so that he may live,^a that wicked person will die because of his guilt, and from your hand I will seek his blood. ¹⁹And you, if you do warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness and from his wicked way, on account of his guilt he will die, and you yourself will have saved your life.^b ²⁰And when the righteous turns from his righteousness^c and does injustice, and I place^d a stumbling block before him,^e he will die, for you did not warn him. Because of his sin he will die, and his righteousness^f that he did will not be remembered, and his blood I shall seek from your hand. ²¹And if you warn him, the righteous, not to sin, and the righteous does not sin, surely he will live, for he heeded a warning. And you will have saved your life.”^g

²²And the hand of Yahweh was on me there, and he said to me, “Rise up, go out to the valley, and there I will speak with you.”

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Footnotes

vHebrew “exile”
wLiterally “river of Kebar”
xOr “was”
yOr “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
zLiterally “at/in my saying”
aLiterally “so that you let him live”
bOr “soul,” or “self”
cLiterally “and at the to turn of the righteous from his righteousness”
dOr “give”
eLiterally “to the face of him”
fOr “righteous deeds”
gOr “soul,” or “self”