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.