as a lookout [Heb. לְצֹפֶה,] badete in O.F., sentry, watchman.

And he sees the army [lit. the sword.] They are the armies.

his blood will be on his own head The iniquity of causing his death will be required of himself, because he was neglected his life.

for had he taken heed, he would have saved his life Had he taken heed, he would have escaped.

I have made you a lookout Like that lookout, who is appointed to give warning so that no soul be lost, so have I appointed you to warn Israel.

So have you spoken Therefore, you do not wish to repent, because you believe that repentance will not avail you.

live with it with his righteousness.

none... will be remembered to save him from being punished for his sin.

the pledge the pledge that I commanded [one] to return at sunset.

he will die because of them He will be punished for them.

and He opened my mouth as He says in the beginning of the Book (3:26): “and you shall become mute, and you shall not be a reprover to them.” Afterward, He said to him (24:25ff.): “on the day I take from them their strength, etc., the fugitive will come to you, etc., on that day, your mouth will be opened with the fugitive, and you will speak and no longer be mute.”

before [his] coming to me in the morning [Heb. עַד בּוֹא אֵלִי בַּבֹּקֶר,] i.e., when he had not yet (בְּעוֹד) come to me in the morning, like: before he came to me in the morning.

Abraham was one This is one of four things that Rabbi Akiva interpreted [in one way] and which his disciple, Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, did not interpret as he did. Rabbi Shimon interpreted it in this manner: Abraham, who was commanded with only one commandment [namely circumcision], inherited the land. We, then, who have been commanded with many commandments, should surely have the land given to us for an inheritance (Tosefta Sotah 6:7). This is what the prophet answers them.

You eat on the blood, etc., and you should inherit the land This is a rhetorical question. If you were commanded [many commandments], you do not keep [them]. You eat on the blood: you eat delicacies through murder, for you slay those who have money and take away their money.

You stood on your sword i.e., all your trust. You strengthened yourself on your sword.

you committed abominations homosexual acts.

those who are in the ruins in the fortified cities that will ultimately become ruins.

and those who are in the strongholds in a hideout, to hide from the sword - I shall send the pestilence upon them.

who talk about you who mock you.

and they will sit before you as My people as if they were My people.

jokes [Heb. עֲגָבִים,] laughter, related to עוּגָב, a flute.

their gain their stolen goods.

And you are to them as a song on the flute And you are to them as a song on the flute.

And when it comes the evil to them.

behold it is coming for, indeed, it is ready to come; then they will know that your words were not a jest, but that a true prophet was in their midst.