“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One s
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and b
Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or ref
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD sha
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever l
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepher
If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, t
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.
As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give th
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—swor
Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of hi
Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of
And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I w
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end o
Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out
The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in
You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains a
The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgmen
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has
For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.