Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
Again
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
`
Son of man, speak unto
the
sons
of
thy
people ,
and thou
hast
said
unto
them: A
land
--
when
I bring in
against it
a sword
, And the people of the
land have
taken
one
man out
of
their
borders
, And
made
him to
them
for
a
watchman .
“
Son of man, speak to
your
people and tell
them: ‘Suppose
I bring the
sword
against a land
, and the people of that
land choose
a
man from
among
them
, appointing
him as
their
watchman ,
And he hath
seen
the sword coming against the
land ,
And hath
blown
with
a
trumpet,
and
hath
warned
the people ,
and he sees
the sword coming against that
land and blows
the ram’s
horn
to
warn
the
people .
And
the
hearer
hath
heard
the voice
of the trumpet,
and
he
hath
not
taken
warning, And come
in
doth
the sword ,
and taketh
him away, His blood is
on his head.
Then
if
anyone
hears
the sound
of the horn
but
fails
to
heed
the
warning, and the sword comes
and takes
him away, his blood will
be
on his own
head.
The voice
of the trumpet
he
heard,
And
he
hath
not
taken
warning, his blood is
on him,
And
he who
took
warning his soul
hath
delivered
.
Since
he
heard
the sound
of the horn
but
failed
to
heed
the
warning, his blood will
be
on his
own
head.
If
he had
heeded
the
warning ,
he
would
have
saved
his life
.
And
the watchman ,
when
he
seeth
the sword coming in,
And he
hath
not
blown
with
a
trumpet,
And
the people hath
not
been
warned
, And come
in
doth
a
sword ,
And taketh
away of
them
--
a soul
, He
in his iniquity is
taken
away
, And
his
blood
from
the
hand
of
the watchman I
require
.
But
if
the watchman sees
the sword coming and fails
to
blow
the horn
to
warn
the
people, and the
sword comes
and takes
away a life
, then
that
one
will
be
taken
away
in his iniquity, but
I
will
hold
the watchman accountable
for
his
blood
. ’
And
thou
, son of man, A watchman I
gave
thee
to
the house of Israel ,
And
thou
hast
heard
from My mouth a
word,
And thou
hast
warned
them from Me.
As
for
you
, O
son of man, I
have
made
you
a watchman for
the house of Israel ;
so
hear
the
word
from My mouth and give
them the
warning
from Me.
In
My
saying
to the wicked, O wicked one
--
thou
dost
surely die, And
thou
hast
not spoken
to warn
the
wicked
from his way, He
--
the
wicked --
in his iniquity doth
die
, And
his blood from
thy
hand
I
require
.
If
I
say
to the wicked, ‘
O wicked man,
you
will
surely die, ’
but
you
do
not speak
out
to dissuade
him
from his way, then
that
wicked man
will
die
in his iniquity, yet
I
will
hold
you
accountable
for
his blood.
And
thou,
when
thou
hast
warned
the wicked of
his
way,
to turn back
from it
, And he hath
not turned
back
from his
way
, He in his iniquity doth
die
, And
thou
thy
soul
hast
delivered
.
But
if
you
warn
the wicked man
to turn from his
way
, and he does
not turn
from it
, he will
die
in his iniquity, but
you
will
have
saved
your
life
.
And
thou
, son of man, say
unto
the house of Israel :
Rightly
ye
have spoken,
saying
: Surely
our transgressions and our sins `
are '
on
us, And in
them
we are wasting away ,
How ,
then,
do
we live?
Now
as
for
you
, son of man, tell
the house of Israel that
this
is
what
they
have said
: ‘
Our transgressions and our sins are heavy
upon
us, and we are wasting away because
of
them!
How can
we live? ’
Say unto
them ,
I live --
an
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
, I delight
not
in the death of the wicked, But --
in
the
turning
of
the wicked from his
way,
And he
hath
lived,
Turn back,
turn back,
from your evil ways ,
Yea,
why do
ye
die, O house of Israel?
Say to
them :
‘As
surely
as
I live ,
declares
the Lord GOD
, I take
no
pleasure
in the death of the wicked, but rather
that
the wicked should
turn
from their
ways
and live.
Turn !
Turn from your evil ways !
For
why should
you
die, O house of Israel? ’
And
thou
, son of man, say unto
the
sons
of
thy
people: The righteousness of the righteous doth
not deliver him in the day of his transgression ,
And
the wickedness of the wicked ,
He
doth
not
stumble for
it
in
the day of
his
turning
from his wickedness ,
And
the righteous is
not
able to live
in
it
in
the day of
his
sinning
.
Therefore
, son of man, say to
your
people: ‘
The righteousness of the righteous man
will
not deliver him in the day of his transgression ;
neither
will
the wickedness of the wicked man
cause
him
to
stumble on
the day he
turns
from his wickedness .
Nor
will
the righteous man
be
able to survive
by
his
righteousness
on
the day he
sins
. ’
In
My
saying
of
the righteous :
He surely liveth
, And
--
he hath
trusted
on
his righteousness ,
And he
hath
done
perversity
, All
his righteous acts
are
not
remembered ,
And
for
his
perversity
that
he
hath
done,
For
it
he doth
die.
If
I
tell
the righteous man
that
he will
surely live
, but
he then
trusts
in
his righteousness and commits
iniquity
, then
none
of
his righteous works
will
be
remembered ;
he will
die because
of
the
iniquity
he
has
committed
.
And
in
My
saying
to
the wicked :
Thou
surely diest
, And --
he hath
turned
back
from his sin ,
And hath
done
judgment
and righteousness,
But
if
I
tell
the wicked man,
‘You
will
surely die
, ’
and he turns
from his sin and does
what
is
just
and right—
(The
pledge the
wicked
restoreth
, plunder
he repayeth
, )
In the statutes of life he
hath
walked,
So
as
not
to
do
perversity,
He surely liveth
--
he doth
not die.
if
he
restores
a
pledge, makes
restitution
for
what
he has
stolen
, and
walks
in the statutes of life without
practicing
iniquity—then
he will
surely live;
he will
not die.
None of his
sin
that
he hath
sinned
is
remembered
to
him ,
Judgment
and
righteousness
he hath
done ,
He doth
surely live.
None of the
sins
he has
committed
will
be
held
against
him .
He has
done what
is
just
and
right;
he will
surely live.
And
the
sons
of
thy
people have
said:
The way of the Lord is not pondered,
As
to
them
--
their way is not pondered
.
Yet
your
people say,
‘
The way of the Lord is not just.’
But
it
is
their way that
is not just
.
In
the
turning
back
of
the
righteous from his righteousness ,
And he
hath
done
perversity
--
he dieth
for it.
If
a
righteous man
turns
from his righteousness and commits
iniquity,
he will
die
for it.
And
in
the
turning
back
of
the
wicked from his wickedness ,
And he
hath
done
judgment
and righteousness
, by
them
he liveth
.
But
if
a
wicked man
turns
from his wickedness and does
what
is
just
and right
, he will
live
because
of
this
.
And
ye
have
said:
The way of the Lord is not pondered,
Each according to his ways do
I
judge
you
, O house of Israel. '
Yet
you
say,
‘
The way of the Lord is not just.’
But
I
will
judge
each of
you
according to his ways, O house of Israel. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in the twelfth year --
in
the
tenth
`month'
, in
the fifth of the month --
of
our
removal
, come
in
unto
me
doth
one
who
is
escaped
from Jerusalem ,
saying
, `
The city hath
been smitten.'
In the twelfth year of
our
exile
, on
the fifth day
of the tenth
month, a
fugitive
from Jerusalem came
to
me
and
reported
, “
The city has
been taken!”
And
the
hand
of
Jehovah
hath
been
unto
me
in
the evening ,
before the coming
in
of the escaped
one
, and He openeth
my mouth till
the coming
in
unto
me in the morning ,
and
opened
is
my mouth ,
and I have
not
been
silent
again
.
Now
the evening before the fugitive
arrived,
the
hand
of the LORD
was
upon
me
, and He opened
my mouth before
the man
came
to
me in the morning .
So
my mouth was
opened
and I was
no
longer
mute
.
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
Then
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
`
Son of man, the inhabitants
of
these
wastes
on
the ground
of Israel are speaking,
saying :
Alone
hath
been
Abraham --
and
he possesseth
the land ,
and
we `
are '
many --
to
us
hath
the land been given for
a possession.
“
Son of man, those
living
in
the ruins
in
the land
of Israel are saying ,
‘
Abraham was
only
one
man,
yet
he possessed
the land .
But
we are many ;
surely
the land has
been given to
us
as
a possession. ’
Therefore say
unto
them :
Thus
said
the Lord Jehovah
: With the blood ye
do
eat
, And
your
eyes
ye
lift up unto
your idols, And blood
ye
shed ,
and
the land ye
inherit!
Therefore tell
them that
this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘You
eat
meat
with the blood in
it
, lift up your eyes
to
your
idols, and shed blood.
Should
you
then
possess
the land ?
Ye
have stood
on your sword
, Ye
have done
abomination
, Each the
wife
of his
neighbour
ye
have
defiled ,
And
the land ye
possess!
You
have relied
on your swords
, you
have committed
detestable
acts
, and
each of you
has
defiled his
neighbor’s
wife.
Should
you
then
possess
the land ?’
Thus
dost
thou
say
unto
them :
Thus
said
the Lord Jehovah
: I live --
do
not
they
who
`are'
in the wastes
by the sword fall?
And
they
who
`are'
on
the
face
of
the
field
, To
the beast
I have
given
for
food
, And they
who
are
in strongholds and in
caves by
pestilence
die.
Tell
them that
this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘As
surely
as
I live ,
those
in the ruins
will
fall
by the sword, those
in
the open
field
I will
give
to
be
devoured
by
wild
animals
, and those
in the
strongholds and caves will
die by
plague
.
And
I have
made
the land a desolation
and
an
astonishment
, And ceased
hath
the excellency
of its
strength ,
And
desolated
have
been
mountains of Israel, Without
any
one passing
through.
I will
make
the land a desolate
waste
, and the pride
of her
strength will
come
to
an
end.
The
mountains of Israel will
become
desolate
, so
that
no
one will
pass
through.
And
they have
known
that I `
am '
Jehovah
, In
My
making
the land a desolation
and
an
astonishment,
For
all their
abominations that
they have done
.
Then
they will
know
that I am the
LORD
, when
I
have
made
the land a desolate
waste
because
of
all the
abominations they have committed
. ’
And
thou
, son of man, the
sons
of
thy
people who
are speaking
about thee,
By
the walls ,
and in openings
of
the houses ,
Have
spoken
one with
another, each with
his brother, Saying:
Come in,
I
pray
you,
And hear what
`is'
the word
that cometh
out
from Jehovah.
As
for
you
, son of man, your
people are talking
about you
near
the city
walls and in the doorways
of
their
houses .
One speaks
to
another, each saying
to
his brother, ‘
Come and hear the message
that has
come
from the
LORD!’
And
they
come in
unto
thee
as the
coming
in
of
a
people
, And
they
sit before thee
--
My
people
, And have
heard
thy
words ,
and
they do them
not ,
For
doting
loves
with their mouth
they
are
making
, After
their dishonest gain their
heart
is
going
.
So
My
people
come to
you
as usual
, sit before you
, and hear
your
words ;
but
they do not put
them
into
practice.
Although
they
express
love
with their mouths
, their hearts
pursue
dishonest gain.
And
lo
, thou
`art'
to them as
a singer of doting
loves,
A pleasant
voice, and
playing
well
on
an instrument ,
And
they have
heard
thy
words ,
and
they
are
not doing
them.
Indeed
, you
are
to them like
a singer of love
songs
with
a beautiful
voice, who
skillfully
plays
an instrument .
They hear
your
words but
do
not put
them into
practice
.
And in
its
coming
in
--
lo,
it hath
come ,
And
they have
known
that a prophet hath
been in
their
midst!'
So
when
it
comes
to
pass—
and surely
it will
come —then
they will
know
that a prophet has
been among
them.”
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