Again the word of the Lord came unto me After the delivery of various prophecies concerning the ruin of other nations, the Ammonites, Tyrians, and Egyptians, a fresh prophecy comes from the Lord concerning the Jews: saying; as follows:
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"Son of man, speak to your people. Tell them: 'If I bring war on this land and the people take one of their citizens and make him their watchman,
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and if the watchman sees war coming and blows the trumpet, warning the people,
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then if anyone hears the sound of the trumpet and ignores it and war comes and takes him off, it's his own fault.
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He heard the alarm, he ignored it - it's his own fault. If he had listened, he would have saved his life.
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