Ezekiel 33:2
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Ezek 33:2
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"Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, `If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,
Ezek 33:3
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and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people,
Ezek 33:4
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then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his {own} head.
Ezek 33:5
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~`He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life.
Ezek 33:6
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~`But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's hand.'
Ezek 33:7
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"Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me.
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