Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman:

Then anyone who, hearing the sound of the horn, does not take note of it, will himself be responsible for his death, if the sword comes and takes him away.

But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.

When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.

And you, son of man, say to the children of Israel, You say, Our wrongdoing and our sins are on us and we are wasting away in them how then may we have life?

And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right

Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in mind against him: he has done what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his.

When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

And still you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, I will be your judge, giving to everyone the reward of his ways.

Now the hand of the Lord had been on me in the evening, before the man who had got away came to me and he made my mouth open, ready for his coming to me in the morning and my mouth was open and I was no longer without voice.

Son of man, those who are living in these waste places in the land of Israel say, Abraham was but one, and he had land for his heritage: but we are a great number the land is given to us for our heritage.

You put your faith in your swords, you do disgusting things, everyone takes his neighbour's wife: are you to have the land for your heritage?

And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.

And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord.

And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.

Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?

You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food

This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.

As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.

I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.

I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.

Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? and that after drinking from clear waters you make the rest of the waters dirty with your feet?

For this reason the Lord has said to them, Truly, I, even I, will be judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.

I will make my flock safe, and they will no longer be taken away, and I will be judge between sheep and sheep.

And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler I the Lord have said it.

And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time there will be showers of blessing.

And their goods will no longer be taken by the nations, and they will not again be food for the beasts of the earth but they will be living safely and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

And they will be certain that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, the children of Israel, are my people, says the Lord.

I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.

And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.

And I will put her children to death and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

But what you have, keep safe till I come.

And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father:

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure.

But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes and as a reward they will go in white with me.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.