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EZE-18:1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
EZE-18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the
land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and
the children's teeth are set on edge?
EZE-18:3 [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have
[occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
EZE-18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father,
so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it
shall die.
EZE-18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and
right,
EZE-18:6 [And] hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath
lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither
hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a
menstruous woman,
EZE-18:7 And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the
debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his
bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
EZE-18:8 He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath
taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity,
hath executed true judgment between man and man,
EZE-18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments,
to deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the
Lord GOD.
EZE-18:10 If he beget a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of
blood, and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these [things],
EZE-18:11 And that doeth not any of those [duties], but even
hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
EZE-18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by
violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his
eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
EZE-18:13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase:
shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these
abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
EZE-18:14 Now, lo, [if] he beget a son, that seeth all his
father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not
such like,
EZE-18:15 [That] hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath
lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not
defiled his neighbour's wife,
EZE-18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the
pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his
bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
EZE-18:17 [That] hath taken off his hand from the poor, [that]
hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments,
hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity
of his father, he shall surely live.
EZE-18:18 [As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed,
spoiled his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not
good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
EZE-18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of
the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and
right, [and] hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he
shall surely live.
EZE-18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not
bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear
the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous
shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be
upon him.
EZE-18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he
hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
EZE-18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they
shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he
hath done he shall live.
EZE-18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?
saith the Lord GOD: [and] not that he should return from his
ways, and live?
EZE-18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, [and] doeth according to
all the abominations that the wicked [man] doeth, shall he live?
All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned:
in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he
hath sinned, in them shall he die.
EZE-18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now,
O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways
unequal?
EZE-18:26 When a righteous [man] turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for
his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
EZE-18:27 Again, when the wicked [man] turneth away from his
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is
lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
EZE-18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his
transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he
shall not die.
EZE-18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is
not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not
your ways unequal?
EZE-18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every
one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn
[yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not
be your ruin.
EZE-18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye
have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit:
for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
EZE-18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth,
saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [yourselves], and live ye.
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