"If we have builtus an altarto turnawayfrom followingthe LORD,or ifto offera burntofferingor grain offeringon it, or ifto offersacrificesof peaceofferingson it, may the LORDHimselfrequireit.
"Onlyyou shall not eatfleshwith its life,[that is], its blood.
Thus Joashthe kingdid not rememberthe kindnesswhichhis fatherJehoiadahad shownhim, but he murderedhis son.And as he diedhe said,"May the LORDseeand avenge!"
"When I sayto the wicked,'You will surelydie,'and you do not warnhim or speakout to warnthe wickedfrom his wickedwaythat he may live,that wickedmanshall diein his iniquity,but his bloodI will requireat your hand.
But ifthe watchmanseesthe swordcomingand does not blowthe trumpetand the peopleare not warned,and a swordcomesand takesa personfrom them, he is takenaway in his iniquity;but his bloodI will requirefrom the watchman'shand.'
"When I sayto the wicked,'O wickedman,you will surelydie,'and you do not speakto warnthe wickedfrom his way,that wickedmanshall diein his iniquity,but his bloodI will requirefrom your hand.
then it shall comeabout that the placein whichthe LORDyour Godwill choosefor His nameto dwell,thereyou shall bringallthat I commandyou: your burntofferingsand your sacrifices,your tithesand the contributionof your hand,and allyour choicevotiveofferingswhichyou will vowto the LORD.
It shall comeabout that whoeverwill not listento My wordswhichhe shall speakin My name,I Myselfwill require[it] of him.
"But trulywe have donethisout of concern,for a reason,saying,'In timeto comeyour sonsmay sayto our sons,"Whathave you to do with the LORD,the Godof Israel?
So Jonathanmadea [covenant] with the houseof David,[saying], "May the LORDrequire[it] at the handsof David'senemies."
