^{15 Ref} Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

^{16 Ref} It happened at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

^{17 Ref} Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

^{18 Ref} When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.