American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto me[H559], saying,

2. Son[H1121] of man[H120], speak[H1696] to the children[H1121] of thy people[H5971], and say[H559] unto them[H935], When I bring the sword[H2719] upon a land[H776], and the people[H5971] of the land[H776] take[H3947] a[H259] man[H376] from among[H7097] them[H5414], and set him for their watchman[H6822];

3. if[H7200], when he seeth the sword[H2719] come[H935] upon the land[H776], he blow[H8628] the trumpet[H7782], and warn[H2094] the people[H5971];

4. then whosoever[H8085] heareth[H8085] the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782], and taketh not warning[H2094], if the sword[H2719] come[H935], and take him away[H3947], his blood[H1818] shall be upon his own head[H7218].

5. He heard[H8085] the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782], and took not warning[H2094]; his blood[H1818] shall be upon him[H2094]; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered[H4422] his soul[H5315].

6. But if the watchman[H6822] see[H7200] the sword[H2719] come[H935], and blow[H8628] not the trumpet[H7782], and the people[H5971] be not warned[H2094], and the sword[H2719] come[H935], and take[H3947] any person[H5315] from among them[H3947]; he is taken away in his iniquity[H5771], but his blood[H1818] will I require[H1875] at the watchman[H6822]'s hand[H3027].

7. So thou[H1121], son of man[H120], I have set[H5414] thee a watchman[H6822] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; therefore hear[H8085] the word[H1697] at my mouth[H6310], and give them warning from me[H2094].

8. When I say[H559] unto the wicked[H7563], O wicked[H7563] man[H4191], thou shalt surely die[H4191], and thou dost not speak[H1696] to warn[H2094] the wicked[H7563] from his way[H1870]; that wicked[H7563] man shall die[H4191] in his iniquity[H5771], but his blood[H1818] will I require[H1245] at thy hand[H3027].

9. Nevertheless[H2094], if thou warn the wicked[H7563] of his way[H1870] to turn[H7725] from it[H7725], and he turn not from his way[H1870]; he shall die[H4191] in his iniquity[H5771], but thou hast delivered[H5337] thy soul[H5315].

10. And thou[H1121], son of man[H120], say[H559] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: Thus ye speak[H559], saying[H559], Our transgressions[H6588] and our sins[H2403] are upon us[H4743], and we pine away in them[H2421]; how then can we live?

11. Say[H559] unto them[H2416], As I live, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], I have no pleasure[H2654] in the death[H4194] of the wicked[H7563]; but that the wicked[H7563] turn[H7725] from his way[H1870] and live[H2421]: turn[H7725] ye[H7725], turn ye from your evil[H7451] ways[H1870]; for why will ye die[H4191], O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]?

12. And thou[H1121], son of man[H120], say[H559] unto the children[H1121] of thy people[H5971], The righteousness[H6666] of the righteous[H6662] shall not deliver[H5337] him in the day[H3117] of his transgression[H6588]; and as for the wickedness[H7564] of the wicked[H7563], he shall not fall[H3782] thereby in the day[H3117] that he turneth[H7725] from his wickedness[H7562]; neither shall he that is righteous[H6662] be able[H3201] to live[H2421] thereby in the day[H3117] that he sinneth[H2398].

13. When I say[H559] to the righteous[H6662], that he shall surely[H2421] live[H2421]; if he trust[H982] to his righteousness[H6666], and commit[H6213] iniquity[H5766], none of his righteous[H6666] deeds shall be remembered[H2142]; but in his iniquity[H5766] that he hath committed[H6213], therein shall he die[H4191].

14. Again[H559], when I say unto the wicked[H7563], Thou shalt surely[H4191] die[H4191]; if he turn[H7725] from his sin[H2403], and do[H6213] that which is lawful[H4941] and right[H6666];

15. if the wicked[H7563] restore[H7725] the pledge[H2258], give again[H7999] that which he had taken by robbery[H1500], walk[H1980] in the statutes[H2708] of life[H2416], committing[H6213] no iniquity[H5766]; he shall surely[H2421] live[H2421], he shall not die[H4191].

16. None of his sins[H2403] that he hath committed[H2398] shall be remembered[H2142] against him[H6213]: he hath done that which is lawful[H4941] and right[H6666]; he shall surely[H2421] live[H2421].

17. Yet the children[H1121] of thy people[H5971] say[H559], The way[H1870] of the Lord[H136] is not equal[H8505]: but as for them[H1870], their way is not equal[H8505].

18. When the righteous[H6662] turneth[H7725] from his righteousness[H6666], and committeth[H6213] iniquity[H5766], he shall even die therein[H4191].

19. And when the wicked[H7563] turneth[H7725] from his wickedness[H7564], and doeth[H6213] that which is lawful[H4941] and right[H6666], he shall live thereby[H2421].

20. Yet ye say[H559], The way[H1870] of the Lord[H136] is not equal[H8505]. O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], I will judge[H8199] you every one[H376] after his ways[H1870].

21. And it came to pass in the twelfth[H8147] year[H8141] of our captivity[H1546], in the tenth[H6224] month[H2568], in the fifth day of the month[H2320], that one that had escaped[H6412] out of Jerusalem[H3389] came[H935] unto me[H559], saying, The city[H5892] is smitten[H5221].

22. Now the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] had been upon me in the evening[H6153], before[H6440] he that was escaped[H6412] came[H935]; and he had opened[H6605] my mouth[H6310], until he came[H935] to me in the morning[H1242]; and my mouth[H6310] was opened[H6605], and I was no more dumb[H481].

23. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto me[H559], saying,

24. Son[H1121] of man[H120], they that inhabit[H3427] those waste[H2723] places in the land[H127] of Israel[H3478] speak[H559], saying[H559], Abraham[H85] was one[H259], and he inherited[H3423] the land[H776]: but we are many[H7227]; the land[H776] is given[H5414] us for inheritance[H4181].

25. Wherefore say[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]: Ye eat[H398] with the blood[H1818], and lift up[H5375] your eyes[H5869] unto your idols[H1544], and shed[H8210] blood[H1818]: and shall ye possess[H3423] the land[H776]?

26. Ye stand[H5975] upon your sword[H2719], ye work[H6213] abomination[H8441], and ye defile[H2930] every one[H376] his neighbor[H7453]'s wife[H802]: and shall ye possess[H3423] the land[H776]?

27. Thus shalt thou say[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]: As I live[H2416], surely they that are in the waste[H2723] places shall fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719]; and him that is in the open[H6440] field[H7704] will I give[H5414] to the beasts[H2416] to be devoured[H398]; and they that are in the strongholds[H4679] and in the caves[H4631] shall die[H4191] of the pestilence[H1698].

28. And I will make[H5414] the land[H776] a desolation[H8077] and an astonishment[H8077]; and the pride[H1347] of her power[H5797] shall cease[H7673]; and the mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478] shall be desolate[H8074], so that none shall pass through[H5674].

29. Then shall they know[H3045] that I am Jehovah[H3068], when I have made[H5414] the land[H776] a desolation[H8077] and an astonishment[H8077], because of all their abominations[H8441] which they have committed[H6213].

30. And as for thee[H1121], son of man[H120], the children[H1121] of thy people[H5971] talk[H1696] of[H681] thee by the walls[H7023] and in the doors[H6607] of the houses[H1004], and speak[H1696] one[H2297] to another[H259], every one[H376] to his brother[H251], saying[H559], Come[H935], I pray you[H8085], and hear what is the word[H1697] that cometh forth[H3318] from Jehovah[H3068].

31. And they come[H935] unto thee as the people[H5971] cometh[H3996], and they sit[H3427] before[H6440] thee as my people[H5971], and they hear[H8085] thy words[H1697], but do[H6213] them not[H6310]; for with their mouth they show[H6213] much love[H5690], but their heart[H3820] goeth[H1980] after[H310] their gain[H1215].

32. And[H5690], lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song[H7892] of one that hath a pleasant[H3303] voice[H6963], and can play well[H2895] on an instrument[H5059]; for they hear[H8085] thy words[H1697], but they do them not[H6213].

33. And when this cometh to pass[H935], (behold[H935], it cometh,) then shall they know[H3045] that a prophet[H5030] hath been among them[H8432].