Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 33:2
A church father on this verse
“How are we affected by Ezekiel, the beholder and expositor of the mighty mysteries and visions? By his injunction to the watchmen not to keep silence concerning vice and the sword impending over it, a course that would profit neither themselves nor the sinners, but rather to keep watch and forewarn and thus benefit at…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and thou shalt say to them, On whatsoever land I shall bring a sword, and the people of the land take one man of them, and set him for their watchman:
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In context
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
— Ezekiel 33:2 —
3and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people;
4and he that hears the sound of the trumpet shall hear indeed, and yet not take heed, and the sword shall come upon him, and overtake him, his blood shall be upon his own head.