1 The word of the Lord came to me:
2 Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: When I bring the sword against a land, if the people of that land select one of their number as a sentinel for them,
3 and the sentinel sees the sword coming against the land, he should blow the trumpet to warn the people.
4 If they hear the trumpet but do not take the warning and a sword attacks and kills them, their blood will be on their own heads.
5 They heard the trumpet blast but ignored the warning; their blood is on them. If they had heeded the warning, they could have escaped with their lives.