Ezekiel:18-20
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The word of the LORD came unto me again ,
saying ,
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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 ?
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As I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel .
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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 .
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But if a man be just ,
and do that which is lawful and right ,
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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 ,
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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 ;
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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that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity ,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 ,
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Hath walked in my statutes ,
and hath kept my judgments ,
to deal truly ;
he is just ,
he shall surely live ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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If he beget a son that is a robber ,
a shedder of blood ,
and that doeth the like to any one of these things ,
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And that doeth not any of those duties ,
but even hath eaten upon the mountains ,
and defiled his neighbour '
s wife ,
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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 ,
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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 .
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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 ,
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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 ,
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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 ,
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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All his transgressions that he hath committed ,
they shall not be mentioned unto him :
in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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Because he considereth ,
and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed ,
he shall surely live ,
he shall not die .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 ?
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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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Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel ,
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And say ,
What is thy mother ?
A lioness :
she lay down among lions ,
she nourished her whelps among young lions .
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And she brought up one of her whelps :
it became a young lion ,
and it learned to catch the prey ;
it devoured men .
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The nations also heard of him ;
he was taken in their pit ,
and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt .
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Now when she saw that she had waited ,
and her hope was lost ,
then she took another of her whelps ,
and made him a young lion .
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And he went up and down among the lions ,
he became a young lion ,
and learned to catch the prey ,
and devoured men .
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And he knew their desolate palaces ,
and he laid waste their cities ;
and the land was desolate ,
and the fulness thereof ,
by the noise of his roaring .
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Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces ,
and spread their net over him :
he was taken in their pit .
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And they put him in ward in chains ,
and brought him to the king of Babylon :
they brought him into holds ,
that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel .
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Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood ,
planted by the waters :
she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters .
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And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule ,
and her stature was exalted among the thick branches ,
and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches .
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But she was plucked up in fury ,
she was cast down to the ground ,
and the east wind dried up her fruit :
her strong rods were broken and withered ;
the fire consumed them .
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And now she is planted in the wilderness ,
in a dry and thirsty ground .
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And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches ,
which hath devoured her fruit ,
so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule .
This is a lamentation ,
and shall be for a lamentation .
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And it came to pass in the seventh year ,
in the fifth month ,
the tenth day of the month ,
that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD ,
and sat before me .
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Then came the word of the LORD unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
speak unto the elders of Israel ,
and say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Are ye come to enquire of me ?
As I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
I will not be enquired of by you .
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Wilt thou judge them ,
son of man ,
wilt thou judge them ?
cause them to know the abominations of their fathers :
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And say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
In the day when I chose Israel ,
and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob ,
and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt ,
when I lifted up mine hand unto them ,
saying ,
I am the LORD your God ;
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In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them ,
to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them ,
flowing with milk and honey ,
which is the glory of all lands :
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Then said I unto them ,
Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes ,
and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt :
I am the LORD your God .
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But they rebelled against me ,
and would not hearken unto me :
they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes ,
neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt :
then I said ,
I will pour out my fury upon them ,
to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt .
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But I wrought for my name '
s sake ,
that it should not be polluted before the heathen ,
among whom they were ,
in whose sight I made myself known unto them ,
in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt .
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Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt ,
and brought them into the wilderness .
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And I gave them my statutes ,
and shewed them my judgments ,
which if a man do ,
he shall even live in them .
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Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths ,
to be a sign between me and them ,
that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them .
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But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness :
they walked not in my statutes ,
and they despised my judgments ,
which if a man do ,
he shall even live in them ;
and my sabbaths they greatly polluted :
then I said ,
I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness ,
to consume them .
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But I wrought for my name '
s sake ,
that it should not be polluted before the heathen ,
in whose sight I brought them out .
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Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness ,
that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them ,
flowing with milk and honey ,
which is the glory of all lands ;
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Because they despised my judgments ,
and walked not in my statutes ,
but polluted my sabbaths :
for their heart went after their idols .
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Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them ,
neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness .
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But I said unto their children in the wilderness ,
Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers ,
neither observe their judgments ,
nor defile yourselves with their idols :
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I am the LORD your God ;
walk in my statutes ,
and keep my judgments ,
and do them ;
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And hallow my sabbaths ;
and they shall be a sign between me and you ,
that ye may know that I am the LORD your God .
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Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me :
they walked not in my statutes ,
neither kept my judgments to do them ,
which if a man do ,
he shall even live in them ;
they polluted my sabbaths :
then I said ,
I would pour out my fury upon them ,
to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness .
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Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand ,
and wrought for my name '
s sake ,
that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen ,
in whose sight I brought them forth .
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I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness ,
that I would scatter them among the heathen ,
and disperse them through the countries ;
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Because they had not executed my judgments ,
but had despised my statutes ,
and had polluted my sabbaths ,
and their eyes were after their fathers '
idols .
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Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good ,
and judgments whereby they should not live ;
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And I polluted them in their own gifts ,
in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb ,
that I might make them desolate ,
to the end that they might know that I am the LORD .
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Therefore ,
son of man ,
speak unto the house of Israel ,
and say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me ,
in that they have committed a trespass against me .
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For when I had brought them into the land ,
for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them ,
then they saw every high hill ,
and all the thick trees ,
and they offered there their sacrifices ,
and there they presented the provocation of their offering :
there also they made their sweet savour ,
and poured out there their drink offerings .
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Then I said unto them ,
What is the high place whereunto ye go ?
And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day .
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Wherefore say unto the house of Israel ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers ?
and commit ye whoredom after their abominations ?
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For when ye offer your gifts ,
when ye make your sons to pass through the fire ,
ye pollute yourselves with all your idols ,
even unto this day :
and shall I be enquired of by you ,
O house of Israel ?
As I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
I will not be enquired of by you .
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And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all ,
that ye say ,
We will be as the heathen ,
as the families of the countries ,
to serve wood and stone .
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As I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
surely with a mighty hand ,
and with a stretched out arm ,
and with fury poured out ,
will I rule over you :
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And I will bring you out from the people ,
and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered ,
with a mighty hand ,
and with a stretched out arm ,
and with fury poured out .
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And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people ,
and there will I plead with you face to face .
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Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt ,
so will I plead with you ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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And I will cause you to pass under the rod ,
and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant :
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And I will purge out from among you the rebels ,
and them that transgress against me :
I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn ,
and they shall not enter into the land of Israel :
and ye shall know that I am the LORD .
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As for you ,
O house of Israel ,
thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Go ye ,
serve ye every one his idols ,
and hereafter also ,
if ye will not hearken unto me :
but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts ,
and with your idols .
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For in mine holy mountain ,
in the mountain of the height of Israel ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
there shall all the house of Israel ,
all of them in the land ,
serve me :
there will I accept them ,
and there will I require your offerings ,
and the firstfruits of your oblations ,
with all your holy things .
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I will accept you with your sweet savour ,
when I bring you out from the people ,
and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered ;
and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen .
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I shall bring you into the land of Israel ,
into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers .
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And there shall ye remember your ways ,
and all your doings ,
wherein ye have been defiled ;
and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed .
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I have wrought with you for my name '
s sake ,
not according to your wicked ways ,
nor according to your corrupt doings ,
O ye house of Israel ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
set thy face toward the south ,
and drop thy word toward the south ,
and prophesy against the forest of the south field ;
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And say to the forest of the south ,
Hear the word of the LORD ;
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I will kindle a fire in thee ,
and it shall devour every green tree in thee ,
and every dry tree :
the flaming flame shall not be quenched ,
and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein .
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And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it :
it shall not be quenched .
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Then said I ,
Ah Lord GOD !
they say of me ,
Doth he not speak parables ?
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And the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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