For the voice of them that guard you is exalted, and with the voice together they shall rejoice; for eyes shall look to eyes, when the Lord shall have mercy upon Zion.

I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; and you shall hear a word from My mouth, and shall threaten them from Me.

For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and He shall close their eyes, and [the eyes] of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.

And I said, Ah, Lord [God]! Behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, You shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, divinations, and worthless things, and devices of their own heart.

My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you, that you shall not minister as priest unto Me: and [as] you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

The days of vengeance have come, the days of your recompense have come; and Israel shall be afflicted as the prophet that is mad, as a man deranged. By reason of the multitude of your iniquities your madness has abounded.

The watchman of Ephraim [was] with God. The prophet is a crooked snare in all his ways: they have established madness in the house of God.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a ditch."

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, is obligated.'

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is obligated.'

Therefore he that swears by the altar, swears by it and by all the things on it.

And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

Blind guides, you who strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel!

Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.

And He spoke a parable to them: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone having been fully trained will be like his teacher.

Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up your voice as with a trumpet, and declare to My people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.

For from the least of them even to the greatest they have all committed iniquity; from the priest even to the false prophet they have all dealt falsely.

And they healed the breach of My people [imperfectly], making light [of it], and saying, Peace, peace, and where is peace?

And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led My people Israel astray.

Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way. They have all become to Me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

Then I passed through the air and came into the captivity, and went round [to] those that dwelt by the River Chebar who were there; and I sat there seven days, conversant in the midst of them.

I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; and you shall hear a word from My mouth, and shall threaten them from Me.

even the prophets of Israel, who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see [visions of] peace for her, and there is no peace, says the Lord.

But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not sound the trumpet, and the people do not watch; and the sword comes, and takes a soul from among them, that [soul] is taken because of its iniquity; but the blood [thereof] will I require at the watchman' hand.

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the [false] circumcision!

Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber with your eyelids;

Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.

he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays up abundant supplies in harvest. [ 6:8A] Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; [ 6:8B] whose labors kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: [ 6:8C] though weak in body, she is advanced by honoring wisdom.

You sleep a little, and you rest a little, and you slumber a short time, and you fold your arms over your breast a little.

A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard.

Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction.

But if you do this, your poverty will come speedily; and your need like a swift courier.

Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness has come up before Me.

And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.

And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why do you snore? Arise, and call upon your God, that God may save us, and we perish not.

Your shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low your mighty men: your people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive them.

It is like a man going away on a journey, having left his house and having given authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.

lest having come suddenly, he should find you sleeping.