<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time,<n id="1" /> Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, &#8220;My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">My heart tells me to pray to you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and I do pray to you, O <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations<n id="1" /> that come against Jerusalem.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I have asked the <sc>Lordsc> for one thing &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">this is what I desire!p> <p class="poetry">I want to live<n id="1" /> in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house<n id="2" /> all the days of my life,p> <p class="poetry">so I can gaze at the splendor<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and contemplate in his temple.p>

When I say to the wicked, &#8216;O wicked man, you must certainly die,&#8217;<n id="1" /> and you do not warn<n id="2" /> the wicked about his behavior,<n id="3" /> the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.<n id="4" />

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them &#8211; with judgment!p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust;p> <p class="poetry">they will say, &#8216;Nineveh has been devastated!p> <p class="poetry">Who will lament for her?&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">There will be no one to comfort you!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept<n id="1" /> in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove<n id="2" /> you from the earth?&#8221;p>

When I say to the wicked, &#8220;You will certainly die,&#8221;<n id="1" /> and you do not warn him &#8211; you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live &#8211; that wicked person will die for his iniquity,<n id="2" /> but I will hold you accountable for his death.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle<n id="1" /> before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.