^18 (A)If I say to the wicked, ^(B)‘You shall surely die,’ ^(C)and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person ^(D)shall die for^[a] his iniquity, ^(E)but his blood I will require at your hand.

^6 (A)But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, ^(B)that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

¹⁹ My brothers, ^(A)if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone ^(B)brings him back, ²⁰ let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering ^(C)will save his soul from death and ^(D)will cover a multitude of sins.

^20 (A)Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, ^(B)and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. ^(C)Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, ^(D)and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, ^(E)but his blood I will require at your hand.

²⁶ Therefore ^(A)I testify to you this day that ^(B)I am innocent of the blood of all, ²⁷ for ^(C)I did not shrink from declaring to you ^(D)the whole counsel of God.

^8 (A)If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, ^(B)and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, ^(C)that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. ^9 (D)But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, ^(E)that person shall die in his iniquity, ^(F)but you will have delivered your soul.

Why Will You Die, Israel?

¹⁰ “And you, ^(G)son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and ^(H)we rot away because of them. ^(I)How then can we live?’

⁴⁰ And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, ^(A)“Save yourselves from this ^(B)crooked generation.”

⁵ No, I tell you; but unless you ^(A)repent, you will all likewise perish.”

^16 (A)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save ^(B)both yourself and ^(C)your hearers.