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[1]The wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came unto me again, sayingH559,[H8800]
[2]What mean ye, that ye useH4911[H8802] this proverbH4912 concerning the landH127 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559[H8800], The fathersH1 have eatenH398[H8799] sour grapesH1155, and the children'sH1121 teethH8127 are set on edgeH6949?[H8799]
[3]As I liveH2416, saithH5002[H8803] the LordH136 GODH3069, ye shall not have occasion any more to useH4911[H8800] this proverbH4912 in IsraelH3478.
[4]Behold, all soulsH5315 are mine; as the soulH5315 of the fatherH1, so also the soulH5315 of the sonH1121 is mine: the soulH5315 that sinnethH2398[H8802], it shall dieH4191.[H8799]
[5]But if a manH376 be justH6662, and doH6213[H8804] that which is lawfulH4941 and rightH6666,
[6]And hath not eatenH398[H8804] upon the mountainsH2022, neither hath lifted upH5375[H8804] his eyesH5869 to the idolsH1544 of the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, neither hath defiledH2930[H8765] his neighbour'sH7453 wifeH802, neither hath come nearH7126[H8799] to a menstruousH5079 womanH802,
[7]And hath not oppressedH3238[H8686] anyH376, but hath restoredH7725[H8686] to the debtorH2326 his pledgeH2258, hath spoiledH1497[H8799] none by violenceH1500, hath givenH5414[H8799] his breadH3899 to the hungryH7457, and hath coveredH3680[H8762] the nakedH5903 with a garmentH899;
[8]He that hath not given forthH5414[H8799] upon usuryH5392, neither hath takenH3947[H8799] any increaseH8636, that hath withdrawnH7725[H8686] his handH3027 from iniquityH5766, hath executedH6213[H8799] trueH571 judgmentH4941 between manH376 and manH376,
[9]Hath walkedH1980[H8762] in my statutesH2708, and hath keptH8104[H8804] my judgmentsH4941, to dealH6213[H8800] trulyH571; he is justH6662, he shall surelyH2421[H8800] liveH2421[H8799], saithH5002[H8803] the LordH136 GODH3069.
[10]If he begetH3205[H8689] a sonH1121 that is a robberH6530, a shedderH8210[H8802] of bloodH1818, and that doethH6213[H8804] the likeH251 to any one of these thingsH259,
[11]And that doethH6213[H8804] not any of those duties, but even hath eatenH398[H8804] upon the mountainsH2022, and defiledH2930[H8765] his neighbour'sH7453 wifeH802,
[12]Hath oppressedH3238[H8689] the poorH6041 and needyH34, hath spoiledH1497[H8804] by violenceH1500, hath not restoredH7725[H8686] the pledgeH2258, and hath lifted upH5375[H8804] his eyesH5869 to the idolsH1544, hath committedH6213[H8804] abominationH8441,
[13]Hath given forthH5414[H8804] upon usuryH5392, and hath takenH3947[H8804] increaseH8636: shall he then liveH2425[H8804]? he shall not liveH2421[H8799]: he hath doneH6213[H8804] all these abominationsH8441; he shall surelyH4191[H8800] dieH4191[H8714]; his blood shall be upon himH1818.
[14]Now, lo, if he begetH3205[H8689] a sonH1121, that seethH7200[H8799] all his father'sH1 sinsH2403 which he hath doneH6213[H8804], and considerethH7200[H8799], and doethH6213[H8799] not such likeH2004,
[15]That hath not eatenH398[H8804] upon the mountainsH2022, neither hath lifted upH5375[H8804] his eyesH5869 to the idolsH1544 of the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, hath not defiledH2930[H8765] his neighbour'sH7453 wifeH802,
[16]Neither hath oppressedH3238[H8689] anyH376, hath not withholdenH2254[H8804] the pledgeH2258, neither hath spoiledH1497[H8804] by violenceH1500, but hath givenH5414[H8804] his breadH3899 to the hungryH7457, and hath coveredH3680[H8765] the nakedH5903 with a garmentH899,
[17]That hath taken offH7725[H8689] his handH3027 from the poorH6041, that hath not receivedH3947[H8804] usuryH5392 nor increaseH8636, hath executedH6213[H8804] my judgmentsH4941, hath walkedH1980[H8804] in my statutesH2708; he shall not dieH4191[H8799] for the iniquityH5771 of his fatherH1, he shall surelyH2421[H8800] liveH2421.[H8799]
[18]As for his fatherH1, because he cruellyH6233 oppressedH6231[H8804], spoiledH1497[H8804] his brotherH251 by violenceH1499, and didH6213[H8804] that which is not goodH2896 amongH8432 his peopleH5971, lo, even he shall dieH4191[H8801] in his iniquityH5771.
[19]Yet sayH559[H8804] ye, Why? doth not the sonH1121 bearH5375[H8804] the iniquityH5771 of the fatherH1? When the sonH1121 hath doneH6213[H8804] that which is lawfulH4941 and rightH6666, and hath keptH8104[H8804] all my statutesH2708, and hath doneH6213[H8799] them, he shall surelyH2421[H8800] liveH2421.[H8799]
[20]The soulH5315 that sinnethH2398[H8802], it shall dieH4191[H8799]. The sonH1121 shall not bearH5375[H8799] the iniquityH5771 of the fatherH1, neither shall the fatherH1 bearH5375[H8799] the iniquityH5771 of the sonH1121: the righteousnessH6666 of the righteousH6662 shall be upon him, and the wickednessH7564 of the wicked shall be upon himH7563.
[21]But if the wickedH7563 will turnH7725[H8799] from all his sinsH2403 that he hath committedH6213[H8804], and keepH8104[H8804] all my statutesH2708, and doH6213[H8804] that which is lawfulH4941 and rightH6666, he shall surelyH2421[H8800] liveH2421[H8799], he shall not dieH4191.[H8799]
[22]All his transgressionsH6588 that he hath committedH6213[H8804], they shall not be mentionedH2142[H8735] unto him: in his righteousnessH6666 that he hath doneH6213[H8804] he shall liveH2421.[H8799]
[23]Have I any pleasureH2654[H8799] at allH2654[H8800] that the wickedH7563 should dieH4194? saithH5002[H8803] the LordH136 GODH3069: and not that he should returnH7725[H8800] from his waysH1870, and liveH2421?[H8804]
[24]But when the righteousH6662 turneth awayH7725[H8800] from his righteousnessH6666, and committethH6213[H8804] iniquityH5766, and doethH6213[H8799] according to all the abominationsH8441 that the wickedH7563 man doethH6213[H8804], shall he liveH2425[H8804]? All his righteousnessH6666 that he hath doneH6213[H8804] shall not be mentionedH2142[H8735]: in his trespassH4603[H8804] that he hath trespassedH4604, and in his sinH2403 that he hath sinnedH2398[H8804], in them shall he dieH4191.[H8799]
[25]Yet ye sayH559[H8804], The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is not equalH8505[H8735]. HearH8085[H8798] now, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478; Is not my wayH1870 equalH8505[H8735]? are not your waysH1870 unequalH8505?[H8735]
[26]When a righteousH6662 man turneth awayH7725[H8800] from his righteousnessH6666, and committethH6213[H8804] iniquityH5766, and diethH4191[H8804] in them; for his iniquityH5766 that he hath doneH6213[H8804] shall he dieH4191.[H8799]
[27]Again, when the wickedH7563 man turneth awayH7725[H8800] from his wickednessH7564 that he hath committedH6213[H8804], and doethH6213[H8799] that which is lawfulH4941 and rightH6666, he shall saveH2421 his soulH5315 aliveH2421.[H8762]
[28]Because he considerethH7200[H8799], and turneth awayH7725[H8799] from all his transgressionsH6588 that he hath committedH6213[H8804], he shall surelyH2421[H8800] liveH2421[H8799], he shall not dieH4191.[H8799]
[29]Yet saithH559[H8804] the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is not equalH8505[H8735]. O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, are not my waysH1870 equalH8505[H8735]? are not your waysH1870 unequalH8505?[H8735]
[30]Therefore I will judgeH8199[H8799] you, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, every oneH376 according to his waysH1870, saithH5002[H8803] the LordH136 GODH3069. RepentH7725[H8798], and turnH7725[H8685] yourselves from all your transgressionsH6588; so iniquityH5771 shall not be your ruinH4383.
[31]Cast awayH7993[H8685] from you all your transgressionsH6588, whereby ye have transgressedH6586[H8804]; and makeH6213[H8798] you a newH2319 heartH3820 and a newH2319 spiritH7307: for why will ye dieH4191[H8799], O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478?
[32]For I have no pleasureH2654[H8799] in the deathH4194 of him that diethH4191[H8801], saithH5002[H8803] the LordH136 GODH3069: wherefore turnH7725[H8685] yourselves, and liveH2421 yeH8798.
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