1. Once again a message came to me from the lord:
2. “Son of man, give your people this message: ‘When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose one of their own to be a watchman.
3. When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he sounds the alarm to warn the people.
4. Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action, it is their own fault if they die.