Ezekiel:18:1-30

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* And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying : * What occasion have ye , to be using this proverb , concerning the so of Israel , saying , Fathers eat sour grapes , And the childrens teeth are blunted ? * As I live , Declareth My Lord , Yahweh , Surely ye shall have occasion no longer to use this proverb , in Israel . * Lo ! as for all persons , mine they are , As the person of the father , so also the person of the son , mine they are , The person that sinneth , the same shall die . * But when , any man , shall be righteous , and do justice and righteousness : * Upon the mountains , hath not eaten , And his eyes , hath not lifted up unto the manufactured gods of the house of Israel , And the wife of his neighbour , hath not defiled , And unto a woman during her removal , hath not approached ; * And no man , hath treated with violence , But his debt-pledge , hath restored . Plunder , hath not seized , His breadto the famished , hath given , And the naked , hath covered with clothing ; * Upon interest , hath not put out his money . And increase , hath not accepted , From dishonesty , hath turned back his hand , Justice in truth , hath doze , between man and man ; * In my statutes , hath walked . And my regulations , hath observed to do them in truth , Righteous , he is , He shall surely live , Declareth My Lord . Yahweh . * But he hath begotten a son Who is a violent man A shedder of blood ,- Who doeth the like of any of these things ; * Whereas he , none of those other things , doeth , For indeed upon the mountains , he hath eaten , And the wife of his neighbour , hath defiled ; * The oppressed and the needy , hath treated with violence , Hath ruthlessly plundered , The pledge , hath not restored , But unto the manufactured gods , hath lifted up his eyes , Abomination , hath wrought ; * Upon interest , hath put out . And increase , hath accepted , And shall he live ? He shall not live All these abominations , he hath done , He shall surely be put to death , His blood , upon himself , shall be . * But lo ! he hath begotten a son , Who hath considered all the sins of his father which he hath done ,- Yea lie hath considered and not done like them : * Upon the mountains , hath not eaten , And his eyes , hath not lifted up unto the manufactured gods of the house of Israel , The wife of his neighbour , hath not defiled ; * And no man , hath he treated with violence , Hath he no means withholden the pledge , And plunder , hath not seized , His breadto the famished , hath given And the naked , hath covered with clothing ; * From dishonesty , hath turned back his hand Neither interest nor increase , hath accepted , my regulations , hath executed , In my statutes , hath walked , He shall not die for the iniquity of his father He shall surely live . * His father Because he exacted unjust gain Seized plunder of a brother , And that which was not good , had-done in the midst of his people Therefore lo ! he died , in his iniquity . * Will ye then say . Why hath not the son borne a part of the iniquity of the father ? But the son hath done justice and righteousness , All my statutes , hath observed and done them He shall surely live . * The person that sinneth , the same , shall die , the son shall not bear a part of the iniquity of , the father , neither shall a father bear a part of the iniquity of the son , the righteousness of the righteous upon himself , shall be . And the lawlessness of a lawless man upon himself , shall be . * But as for the lawless man When he shall turn back from all his sins which he hath committed , And observe all my statutes , And do justice and righteousness He shall surely live . He shall note die : * None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him , In his righteousness which he hath done , he shall live . * Could I take delight , in the death of the lawless ? Demandeth My Lord . Yahweh . Must it not be in his turning from his ways in which case he shall live ? * But when a righteous man I shall turn away I from his righteousness and do that which is perverse , Shall do according to all the abominations which the lawless man hath done Shall he live ? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered , In his treachery wherein he hath been treacherous , And in his sin wherein he hath sinned In them , shall he die . * Can ye then say The way of My Lord will not be equal ? Hear I pray you O house of Israel , Will my way , not be equal ? Will not your ways be unequal ? * When a righteous man shall turn away from his righteousness and do that which is perverse and die because of those things In his own perversity which he hath done , shall he die . * But when a lawless man turneth away from his lawlessness which he hath done , And hath done justice and righteousness He , shall save his own soul , alive : * When he considered , then he turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed , He shall surely live . He shall not die . * Can the house of Israel then say - The way of My Lord will not be equal ? Will my ways , not be equal O house of Israel ? Will not your ways be unequal ? * Therefore , Every man according to his own ways , will I judge you O house of Israel , Declareth My Lord Yahweh , Return yeand make good your returnfrom all your transgressions , That they become not unto you a stumbling_ block of iniquity .

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