web - Ezekiel:17-18

web@Ezekiel:17:1 @ The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

web@Ezekiel:17:2 @ Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

web@Ezekiel:17:3 @ and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

web@Ezekiel:17:4 @ he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

web@Ezekiel:17:5 @ He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.

web@Ezekiel:17:6 @ It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

web@Ezekiel:17:7 @ There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

web@Ezekiel:17:8 @ It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

web@Ezekiel:17:9 @ Say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots.

web@Ezekiel:17:10 @ Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

web@Ezekiel:17:11 @ Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

web@Ezekiel:17:12 @ Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:

web@Ezekiel:17:13 @ and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

web@Ezekiel:17:14 @ that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

web@Ezekiel:17:15 @ But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

web@Ezekiel:17:16 @ As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

web@Ezekiel:17:17 @ Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

web@Ezekiel:17:18 @ For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

web@Ezekiel:17:19 @ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.

web@Ezekiel:17:20 @ I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

web@Ezekiel:17:21 @ All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

web@Ezekiel:17:22 @ Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain:

web@Ezekiel:17:23 @ in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell.

web@Ezekiel:17:24 @ All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.

web@Ezekiel:18:1 @ The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,

web@Ezekiel:18:2 @ What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

web@Ezekiel:18:3 @ As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, you shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.

web@Ezekiel:18:4 @ Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

web@Ezekiel:18:5 @ But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

web@Ezekiel:18:6 @ and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,

web@Ezekiel:18:7 @ and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

web@Ezekiel:18:8 @ he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

web@Ezekiel:18:9 @ has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

web@Ezekiel:18:10 @ If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,

web@Ezekiel:18:11 @ and who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

web@Ezekiel:18:12 @ has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

web@Ezekiel:18:13 @ has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

web@Ezekiel:18:14 @ Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

web@Ezekiel:18:15 @ who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,

web@Ezekiel:18:16 @ neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

web@Ezekiel:18:17 @ who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

web@Ezekiel:18:18 @ As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

web@Ezekiel:18:19 @ Yet you say, Why doesn't the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.

web@Ezekiel:18:20 @ The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

web@Ezekiel:18:21 @ But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

web@Ezekiel:18:22 @ None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

web@Ezekiel:18:23 @ Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

web@Ezekiel:18:24 @ But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

web@Ezekiel:18:25 @ Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?

web@Ezekiel:18:26 @ When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.

web@Ezekiel:18:27 @ Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

web@Ezekiel:18:28 @ Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

web@Ezekiel:18:29 @ Yet the house of Israel says, "The way of the Lord is not fair." House of Israel, aren't my ways fair? Aren't your ways unfair?

web@Ezekiel:18:30 @ Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

web@Ezekiel:18:31 @ Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?

web@Ezekiel:18:32 @ For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.

web@Ezekiel:19:1 @ Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,