But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

If the sword come and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity - i:e., owing to his negligence in not maintaining constant watchfulness, as they ought to do who are in warfare. The thing signified here appears from under the image.

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