Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 33:7-19

7Soמִמֶּֽנִּי׃mi.Me.niH4480thou,sonבֶן־ven-H1121ofmanאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120, I havesetH5414thee awatchmanצֹפֶ֥הtzo.PehH6822unto thehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478; thereforehearוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ve.sha.ma'.TaH8085thewordדָּבָ֔רda.VarH1697at mymouthמִפִּי֙mi.PiH6310, andgiveH5414them warning frommeH5414.

8When Isayבְּאָמְרִ֣יbe.'a.me.RiH559unto thewickedלָרָשָׁ֗עla.ra.Sha'H7563, Owickedרָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'H7563manH7563, thou shaltsurelyמ֣וֹתMotH4191dieתָּמ֔וּתta.MutH4191, and thou dostnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808speakדִבַּ֔רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696towarnלְהַזְהִ֥ירle.haz.HirH2094thewickedרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563from hiswayמִדַּרְכּ֑וֹmi.dar.KoH1870; thatwickedרָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'H7563manH7563shalldieיָמ֔וּתya.MutH4191in hisiniquityבַּעֲוֹנ֣וֹba.'a.vo.NoH5771, but hisbloodוְדָמ֖וֹve.da.MoH1818will Irequireאֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃'a.va.KeshH1245at thinehandמִיָּדְךָ֥mi.ya.de.KhaH3027.

9NeverthelessH3588,ifH3588thouwarnהִזְהַ֨רְתָּhiz.Har.taH2094thewickedרָשָׁ֤עra.Sha'H7563of hiswayמִדַּרְכּוֹ֙mi.dar.KoH1870toturnלָשׁ֣וּבla.ShuvH7725from it, and heturnשָׁ֖בshavH7725notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808from hiswayמִדַּרְכּ֑וֹmi.dar.KoH1870; he shalldieיָמ֔וּתya.MutH4191in hisiniquityבַּעֲוֹנ֣וֹba.'a.vo.NoH5771, but thou hastdeliveredהִצַּֽלְתָּ׃ סhi.Tzal.taH5337thysoulנַפְשְׁךָ֥naf.she.KhaH5315.

10And thou,sonבֶן־ven-H1121ofmanאָדָ֗ם'a.DamH120,sayאֱמֹר֙'e.MorH559unto thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478:Thusכֵּ֤ןkenH3651yespeakאֲמַרְתֶּם֙'a.mar.TemH559,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Ourtransgressionsפְשָׁעֵ֥ינוּfe.sha.'Ei.nuH6588and oursinsוְחַטֹּאתֵ֖ינוּve.cha.to.Tei.nuH2403areuponעָלֵ֑ינוּ'a.Lei.nuH5921usאֶל־'el-H413, andweH587pineawayנְמַקִּ֖יםne.ma.KimH4743in them;howוְאֵ֥יךְve.'EikhH349then shouldweH587liveנִֽחְיֶֽה׃Nich.YehH2421?

11Sayאֱמֹ֨ר'e.MorH559unto them, As Iliveוְחָיָ֑הve.cha.YahH2421, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136, I havenoH518pleasureאֶחְפֹּץ֙'ech.PotzH2654in thedeathH4191of thewickedהָרָשָׁ֔עha.ra.Sha'H7563; but that thewickedרָשָׁ֛עra.Sha'H7563turnבְּשׁ֥וּבbe.ShuvH7725from hiswayמִדַּרְכּ֖וֹmi.dar.KoH1870andliveH2421:turnשׁ֣וּבוּShu.vuH7725ye,turnשׁ֜וּבוּShu.vuH7725ye from yourevilהָרָעִ֛יםha.ra.'ImH7451waysמִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֧םmi.dar.khei.KhemH1870; forwhyוְלָ֥מָּהve.La.mahH4100will yedieתָמ֖וּתוּta.Mu.tuH4191, Ohouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478?

12And thou,sonבֶן־ven-H1121ofmanאָדָ֗ם'a.DamH120,sayאֱמֹ֤ר'e.MorH559unto thechildrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of thypeopleעַמְּךָ֙'a.me.KhaH5971, Therighteousnessצִדְקַ֣תtzid.KatH6666of therighteousהַצַּדִּ֗יקha.tza.DikH6662shallnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808deliverתַצִּילֶ֙נּוּ֙ta.tzi.Le.nuH5337him in thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of histransgressionפִּשְׁע֔וֹpish.'OH6588; and as for thewickednessמֵֽרִשְׁע֑וֹme.rish.'OH7562of thewickedהָֽרָשָׁע֙ha.ra.Sha'H7563, he shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808fallיִכָּ֣שֶׁלyi.Ka.shelH3782thereby in thedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117that he turneth from hiswickednessH7562:neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808shall he that isrighteousוְצַדִּ֗יקve.tza.DikH6662beableיוּכַ֛לyu.KhalH3201toliveלִֽחְי֥וֹתlich.YotH2421thereby in thedayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117that he sinneth.

13When Isayבְּאָמְרִ֤יbe.'a.me.RiH559to therighteousלַצַּדִּיק֙la.tza.DikH6662, that he shallsurelyH4191liveH2421;ifאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hetrustבָטַ֥חva.TachH982to hisrighteousnessצִדְקָת֖וֹtzid.ka.ToH6666, and commitiniquityעָ֑וֶל'A.velH5766,noneלֹ֣אlo'H3808of hisrighteousH6662deedsצִדְקֹתָיו֙tzid.ka.tovH6666shall berememberedתִזָּכַ֔רְנָהti.za.Khar.nahH2142; but in hisiniquityוּבְעַוְל֥וֹu.ve.'av.LoH5766that he hathcommittedH6213, therein shall hedieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

14AgainH7725, when Isayוּבְאָמְרִ֥יu.ve.'a.me.RiH559unto thewickedלָֽרָשָׁ֖עla.ra.Sha'H7563, Thou shaltsurelyמ֣וֹתMotH4191dieתָּמ֑וּתta.MutH4191; if heturnוְשָׁב֙ve.ShavH7725from hissinמֵֽחַטָּאת֔וֹme.cha.ta.ToH2403, anddoוְעָשָׂ֥הve.'a.SahH6213that which is lawful andrightמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941;

15if thewickedרָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'H7563restoreH7725thepledgeחֲבֹ֨לcha.VolH2258,giveH7725againH7725that he hadtakenH1500byrobberyגְּזֵלָ֣הge.ze.LahH1500,walkהָלַ֔ךְha.LakhH1980in thestatutesבְּחֻקּ֤וֹתbe.chu.KotH2708oflifeהַֽחַיִּים֙ha.chai.YimH2416,committingעֲשׂ֣וֹתa.SotH6213noH3808iniquityעָ֑וֶל'A.velH5766; he shallsurelyH4191liveH2421, he shallnotH3808dieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

16Noneלֹ֥אlo'H3808of hissinsH2398that he hathcommittedH2398shall berememberedתִזָּכַ֖רְנָהti.za.Khar.nahH2142againstH2398him: he hathdoneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213thatwhichH834is lawful andrightמִשְׁפָּ֧טmish.PatH4941; he shallsurelyH834liveH2421.

17Yet thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of thypeopleעַמְּךָ֔'a.me.KhaH5971sayוְאָמְרוּ֙ve.'a.me.RuH559, Thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of theLordאֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiH136isnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808equal: but as for them, theirwayדַּרְכָּ֥םdar.KamH1870isnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808equal.

18When therighteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662turneth from hisrighteousnessמִצִּדְקָת֖וֹmi.tzid.ka.ToH6666, and committethiniquityעָ֑וֶל'A.velH5766, he shallevenוְעָ֣שָׂהve.'A.sahH6213dieוּמֵ֖תu.MetH4191therein.

19And when thewickedרָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'H7563turneth from hiswickednessמֵֽרִשְׁעָת֔וֹme.rish.'a.ToH7564, and doeth thatwhichה֥וּאhu'H1931is lawful andrightמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941, he shallliveיִֽחְיֶֽה׃Yich.YehH2421thereby.

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