A Watchman for Israel
16 [Jer. 42:7]And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me: 17 See ch. 2:1"Son of man, ch. 33:7;Isa. 52:8;56:10;Jer. 6:17;[Heb. 13:17] I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall 2 Chr. 19:10;[2 Kgs. 6:10]; See ver. 18-21; ch. 33:4-6give them warning from me. 18 ch. 33:8If I say to the wicked, Gen. 2:17‘You shall surely die,’ [See ver. 17above] and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person ch. 18:18;Jer. 31:30;[John 8:21,24] shall die for3:18 Or in; also verses 19, 20 his iniquity, ver. 20;ch. 33:6,8;34:10;[ch. 18:13;Acts 18:6;20:26]but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 ch. 33:9But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, [1 Tim. 4:16] but you ch. 14:14,20will have delivered your soul. 20 See ch. 18:24Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, Jer. 6:21and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. [See ver. 17above] Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, See ch. 18:24and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, [See ver. 18above]but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul."