Ezekiel 33:6-16

6But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the horn and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is 1taken away for his wrongdoing; but I will 2require his 3blood from the watchman’s hand.’

7“Now as for you, son of man, I have 45appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a 6message from My mouth and give them a 7warning from Me. 8When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will 8certainly die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked about his way, that wicked person shall die for his wrongdoing, but I will 9require his blood from your hand. 9But if you on your part warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he 10does not turn from his way, he will die for his wrongdoing, but you have 11saved your life.

10“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have 12said: “Surely our offenses and our sins are upon us, and we are 13rotting away in them; 14how then can we 15survive?”’ 11Say to them, ‘16As I live!’ declares the Lord 17God, ‘I take 18no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked 19turn from his way and live. 20Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’ 12And you, son of man, say to 21your fellow citizens, ‘The 22righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will 23not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live 24by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’ 13When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he 25commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die. 14But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he 26turns from his sin and practices 27justice and righteousness, 15if a wicked person returns a pledge, 28pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the 29statutes 30which ensure life without committing injustice, he shall certainly live; he shall not die. 1631None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall certainly live.