"Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying "Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon the land, and the people of the land take one man among them and make him their watchman, and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the horn and warns the people, then someone who hears the sound of the horn but does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on himself. But hade he taken warning; he would have saved his life. But 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 taken away for his wrongdoing; but I will require blood from the watchman’s hand.’
“Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them a warning from Me. When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will certainly die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked about his way, that wicked person shall die for his wrongdoing, but I will require his blood from your hand. But if. You on your part warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die for his wrongdoing, but you will have saved your life.”