Ezekiel 33:2-8

Living Bible

² “Son of dust, tell your people: ‘When I bring an army against a country, and the people of that land choose a watchman, ³ and when he sees the army coming and blows the alarm to warn them, ⁴ then anyone who hears the alarm but refuses to heed it—well, if he dies, the fault is his own. ⁵ For he heard the warning and wouldn’t listen; the fault is his. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. ⁶ But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm and warn the people, he is responsible for their deaths. They will die in their sins, but I will charge the watchman with their deaths.’

⁷ “So with you, son of dust. I have appointed you as a watchman for the people of Israel; therefore, listen to what I say and warn them for me. ⁸ When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will die!’ and you don’t tell him what I say, so that he does not repent—that wicked person will die in his sins, but I will hold you responsible for his death.