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"You, human, are the one I have made a watchman for Israel. If you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them for me.
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Suppose I say to the wicked: 'Wicked people, you will surely die,' but you don't speak to warn the wicked to stop doing evil. Then they will die because they were sinners, but I will punish you for their deaths.
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But if you warn the wicked to stop doing evil and they do not stop, they will die because they were sinners. But you have saved your life.
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"So you, human, say to Israel: 'You have said: Surely our law-breaking and sins are hurting us. They will kill us. What can we do so we will live?'
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Say to them: 'The Lord God says: As surely as I live, I do not want any who are wicked to die. I want them to stop doing evil and live. Stop! Stop your wicked ways! You don't want to die, do you, people of Israel?'