Meanwhile, the Lord said to me,“ Put a watchman on the city wall. Let him shout out what he sees.

主对我如此说：“你去设立守望的，使他将所看见的述说。”

主对我如此说：“你去设立守望者，让他报告他所看见的。

主对我如此说：“你去设立守望者，让他报告他所看见的。

耶和华对我说：“你去派人守望，让他报告所看见的情况。

因为主这样对我说：“你去设立守望的，叫他把所看见的报告出来。

主对我如此说：“去，部署一个守望者，让他报告所看见的一切；

主對我如此說：你去設立守望的，使他將所看見的述說。

主對我如此說：「你去設立守望者，讓他報告他所看見的。

主對我如此說：「你去設立守望者，讓他報告他所看見的。

耶和華對我說：「你去派人守望，讓他報告所看見的情況。

因為主這樣對我說：“你去設立守望的，叫他把所看見的報告出來。

因為主對我這麼說：『你去立個守望者，叫他將所看見的報告出來。

主對我如此說：「去，部署一個守望者，讓他報告所看見的一切；

主諭我曰、往置守望、有所見、則以告、

主謂我曰、遣戍稽察、有所見即呼告。

主如是諭我曰、往設守望者、有所見即報告、

This is what the Lord says to me:“ Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

The Lord said to me,“ Go. Put a guard on duty on Jerusalem’s walls. Have him report what he sees.

For thus the Lord said to me:“ Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.

For the Lord has said to me,“ Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.

For this is what the Lord says to me:“ Go, station the lookout, have him report what he sees.

For thus has the Lord said to me:“ Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.”

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:

For the Lord has said to me,“ Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

For this is what the sovereign master has told me:“ Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

For the Lord said to me,“ Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the Lord says and how he will answer my complaint.Then the Lord said to me,“ Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.

The watchman on the tower of Jezreel saw Jehu and his company approaching, so he shouted to Joram,“ I see a company of troops coming!”“ Send out a rider to ask if they are coming in peace,” King Joram ordered.So a horseman went out to meet Jehu and said,“ The king wants to know if you are coming in peace.” Jehu replied,“ What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!” The watchman called out to the king,“ The messenger has met them, but he’s not returning.”So the king sent out a second horseman. He rode up to them and said,“ The king wants to know if you come in peace.” Again Jehu answered,“ What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!”The watchman exclaimed,“ The messenger has met them, but he isn’t returning either! It must be Jehu son of Nimshi, for he’s driving like a madman.”

“ Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately.

“ 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.When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he sounds the alarm to warn the people.Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action, it is their own fault if they die.They heard the alarm but ignored it, so the responsibility is theirs. If they had listened to the warning, they could have saved their lives.But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.’“ Now, son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them for me.

O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord.

Raise the battle flag against Babylon! Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen. Prepare an ambush, for the Lord will fulfill all his plans against Babylon.You are a city by a great river, a great center of commerce, but your end has come. The thread of your life is cut.