¹⁶ And then it happened^[a] at the end of seven days, the word of Yahweh came^[b] to me, saying, ¹⁷ “Son of man,^[c] I have appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me. ¹⁸ When I say^[d] to the wicked, ‘Surely you will die,’ and you do not warn him and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way so that he may live,^[e] that wicked person will die because of his guilt, and from your hand I will seek his blood. ¹⁹ And you, if you do warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness and from his wicked way, on account of his guilt he will die, and you yourself will have saved your life.^{[f] 20} And when the righteous turns from his righteousness^[g] and does injustice, and I place^[h] a stumbling block before him,^[i] he will die, for you did not warn him. Because of his sin he will die, and his righteousness^[j] that he did will not be remembered, and his blood I shall seek from your hand. ²¹ And if you warn him, the righteous, not to sin, and the righteous does not sin, surely he will live, for he heeded a warning. And you will have saved your life.”^[k]