Ezekiel:18:1-30
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And the word of Jehovah came unto me ,
saying ,
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What mean ye ,
ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel ,
saying , [
The ]
fathers eat sour grapes ,
and the children '
s teeth are set on edge ?
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As ]
I live ,
saith the Lord Jehovah ,
ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel .
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Behold ,
all the 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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And if a man be righteous ,
and do judgment and justice :
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he hath not eaten upon the mountains ,
nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel ,
neither hath defiled his neighbour '
s wife ,
nor come near to a woman in her separation ,
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and hath not oppressed any ;
he hath restored to the debtor his pledge ,
hath not exercised robbery ,
hath given his bread to the hungry ,
and covered the naked with a garment ;
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he hath not given forth upon usury ,
nor taken increase ;
he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness ,
hath executed true judgment between man and man ,
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hath walked in my statutes ,
and kept mine ordinances ,
to deal faithfully :
he is righteous ,
he shall certainly live ,
saith the Lord Jehovah .
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And if he have begotten a son that is violent ,
a shedder of blood ,
and that doeth only one of any of these [
things ],
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and that doeth not any of those [
duties ],
but also hath eaten upon the mountains ,
and defiled his neighbour '
s wife ,
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hath oppressed the poor and needy ,
exercised robbery ,
hath not restored the pledge ,
and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols ,
committed abomination ,
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given forth upon usury ,
and taken increase ;
shall he then live ?
He shall not live :
he hath done all these abominations ;
he shall certainly die ;
his blood shall be upon him .
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But lo ,
if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father '
s sins which he hath done ,
and considereth ,
and doeth not such like :
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he hath not eaten upon the mountains ,
nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel ;
he hath not defiled his neighbour '
s wife ,
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and hath not oppressed any ,
nor withholden the pledge ,
neither hath exercised robbery ;
he hath given his bread to the hungry ,
and covered the naked with a garment ;
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he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor ,
hath not received usury nor increase ,
hath executed my judgments , [
and ]
walked in my statutes :
he shall not die for the iniquity of his father ,
he shall certainly live .
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As for his father ,
because he practised oppression ,
exercised robbery upon his brother ,
and did what was not good among his people ,
behold ,
he shall die in his iniquity .
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And ye say ,
Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father ?
But the son hath done judgment and justice ,
hath kept all my statutes ,
and hath done them ;
he shall certainly 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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And the wicked ,
if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed ,
and keep all my statutes ,
and do judgment and justice ,
he shall certainly live ,
he shall not die .
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None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him ;
in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live .
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Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked ?
saith the Lord Jehovah ;
is it not in his turning from his way ,
that he may live ?
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And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong , [
and ]
doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth ,
shall he live ?
None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered :
in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought ,
and in his sin which he hath sinned ,
in them shall he die .
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And ye say ,
The way of the Lord is not equal .
Hear then ,
house of Israel .
Is not my way equal ?
are not your ways unequal ?
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When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness ,
and practiseth what is wrong ,
and dieth for it ;
in his wrong that he hath done shall he die .
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And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed ,
and doeth judgment and justice ,
he shall keep his soul alive .
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Because he considereth ,
and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed ,
he shall certainly live ,
he shall not die .
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But the house of Israel say ,
The way of the Lord is not equal .
O house of Israel ,
are not my ways equal ?
Is it not your ways that are unequal ?
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Therefore I will judge you ,
house of Israel ,
every one according to his ways ,
saith the Lord Jehovah .
Return ye ,
and turn from all your transgressions ;
so iniquity shall not be your snare .
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