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For He does not enjoy bringing affliction or suffering on mankind.

Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins?

צ Tsade For no apparent reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird.

You hear my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief.

ד Dalet The nursing infant's tongue clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

ע Ayin All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for assistance; we watched from our towers for a nation that refused to help.

We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.

Why have You forgotten us forever, abandoned us for our entire lives?

Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, the creatures went in the direction the Spirit was moving. The wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

Whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

"But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words, though briers and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions. Don't be afraid of their words or be discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.

But speak My words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language but to the house of Israel.

But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted.

I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were living by the Chebar Canal, and I sat there among them stunned for seven days.

If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,' but you do not warn him—you don't speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.