Ezekiel 33:6

But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes, and takes any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

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WEBBE

But if the watchman sees the sword come and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from amongst them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

BSB

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’

KJV

But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

ASV

But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

BBE

But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.

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וְהַצֹּפֶה ve·ha·tzo·feh and the watchman H6822 כִּי־ ki- if H3588 יִרְאֶה yir·'eh he will see H7200 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַחֶרֶב ha·che·rev the sword H2719 בָּאָה ba·'ah coming H935 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 תָקַע ta·ka' he will give a blast H8628 בַּשּׁוֹפָר ba·sho·far on the trumpet H7782 וְהָעָם ve·ha·'am and the people H5971 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 נִזְהָר niz·har it was warned H2094 וַתָּבוֹא va·ta·vo' and it came H935 חֶרֶב che·rev [the] sword H2719 וַתִּקַּח va·ti·kach and it took H3947 מֵהֶם me·hem of them H9038 נָפֶשׁ na·fesh anyone H5315 הוּא hu' he H1931 בַּעֲוֹנוֹ ba·'a·vo·no in iniquity his H5771 נִלְקָח nil·kach he was taken H3947 וְדָמוֹ ve·da·mo and blood his H1818 מִיַּד־ mi·yad- from [the] hand of H3027 הַצֹּפֶה ha·tzo·peh the watchman H6822 אֶדְרֹשׁ ס 'ed·rosh I will require H1875

The early church

For this reason, overseers or rulers are set over the churches to reprimand sin, not to spare it. Nor is a person fully free from blame who is not in authority but who notices in those persons he meets in social life many faults he should censure and admonish. He is blameworthy if he fails to do this out of fear of hurting feelings or of losing such things as he may rightfully enjoy in his life but to which he is unduly attached.

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430City of God

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