Ezekiel 3:17-22

17“Son of man, I have appointed you a 1watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, 2warn them from Me. 18When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his 3blood I will require at your hand. 19Yet if you have 4warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have 5delivered yourself. 20Again, 6when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an 7obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21However, if you have 8warned 9the righteous man that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.”

22The hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will 10speak to you.”