Ezekiel 18
The Soul That Sins
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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 Jer. 31.29 ?
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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 neighbor'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usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn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, Lev. 18.5 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 neighbor'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 neighbor'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: Deut. 24.16 the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
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God's Way Is
Just |
Ezek. 33.10-20 |
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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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