The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me again, saying,{H559}

What mean ye, that ye use{H4911} this proverb{H4912} concerning the land{H127} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} The fathers{H1} have eaten{H398} sour grapes,{H1155} and the children's{H1121} teeth{H8127} are set on edge?{H6949}

As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use{H4911} this proverb{H4912} in Israel.{H3478}

Behold, all souls{H5315} are mine; as the soul{H5315} of the father,{H1} so also the soul{H5315} of the son{H1121} is mine: the soul{H5315} that sinneth,{H2398} it shall die.{H4191}

But if a man{H376} be just,{H6662} and do{H6213} that which is lawful{H4941} and right,{H6666}

and hath not eaten{H398} upon the mountains,{H2022} neither hath lifted up{H5375} his eyes{H5869} to the idols{H1544} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} neither hath defiled{H2930} his neighbor's{H7453} wife,{H802} neither hath come near{H7126} to a woman{H802} in her impurity,{H5079}

and hath not wronged{H3238} any,{H376} but hath restored{H7725} to the debtor{H2326} his pledge,{H2258} hath taken{H1497} nought by robbery,{H1500} hath given{H5414} his bread{H3899} to the hungry,{H7457} and hath covered{H3680} the naked{H5903} with a garment;{H899}

he that hath not given forth{H5414} upon interest,{H5392} neither hath taken{H3947} any increase,{H8636} that hath withdrawn{H7725} his hand{H3027} from iniquity,{H5766} hath executed{H6213} true{H571} justice{H4941} between man{H376} and man,{H376}

hath walked{H1980} in my statutes,{H2708} and hath kept{H8104} mine ordinances,{H4941} to deal{H6213} truly;{H571} he is just,{H6662} he shall surely{H2421} live,{H2421} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

If he beget{H3205} a son{H1121} that is a robber,{H6530} a shedder{H8210} of blood,{H1818} and that doeth{H6213} any{H251} one{H259} of these things,

and that doeth{H6213} not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten{H398} upon the mountains,{H2022} and defiled{H2930} his neighbor's{H7453} wife,{H802}

hath wronged{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} hath taken{H1497} by robbery,{H1500} hath not restored{H7725} the pledge,{H2258} and hath lifted up{H5375} his eyes{H5869} to the idols,{H1544} hath committed{H6213} abomination,{H8441}

hath given forth{H5414} upon interest,{H5392} and hath taken{H3947} increase;{H8636} shall he then live?{H2425} he shall not live:{H2421} he hath done{H6213} all these abominations;{H8441} he shall surely{H4191} die;{H4191} his blood{H1818} shall be upon him.

Now, lo, if he beget{H3205} a son,{H1121} that seeth{H7200} all his father's{H1} sins,{H2403} which he hath done,{H6213} and feareth,{H7200} and doeth{H6213} not such like;{H2004}

that hath not eaten{H398} upon the mountains,{H2022} neither hath lifted up{H5375} his eyes{H5869} to the idols{H1544} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} hath not defiled{H2930} his neighbor's{H7453} wife,{H802}

neither hath wronged{H3238} any,{H376} hath not taken{H2254} aught to pledge,{H2258} neither hath taken{H1497} by robbery,{H1500} but hath given{H5414} his bread{H3899} to the hungry,{H7457} and hath covered{H3680} the naked{H5903} with a garment;{H899}

that hath withdrawn{H7725} his hand{H3027} from the poor,{H6041} that hath not received{H3947} interest{H5392} nor increase,{H8636} hath executed{H6213} mine ordinances,{H4941} hath walked{H1980} in my statutes;{H2708} he shall not die{H4191} for the iniquity{H5771} of his father,{H1} he shall surely{H2421} live.{H2421}

As for his father,{H1} because he cruelly{H6233} oppressed,{H6231} robbed{H1497} {H1499} his brother,{H251} and did{H6213} that which is not good{H2896} among{H8432} his people,{H5971} behold, he shall die{H4191} in his iniquity.{H5771}

Yet say{H559} ye, Wherefore doth not the son{H1121} bear{H5375} the iniquity{H5771} of the father?{H1} when the son{H1121} hath done{H6213} that which is lawful{H4941} and right,{H6666} and hath kept{H8104} all my statutes,{H2708} and hath done{H6213} them, he shall surely{H2421} live.{H2421}

The soul{H5315} that sinneth,{H2398} it shall die:{H4191} the son{H1121} shall not bear{H5375} the iniquity{H5771} of the father,{H1} neither shall the father{H1} bear{H5375} the iniquity{H5771} of the son;{H1121} the righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} shall be upon him, and the wickedness{H7564} of the wicked{H7563} shall be upon him.

But if the wicked{H7563} turn{H7725} from all his sins{H2403} that he hath committed,{H6213} and keep{H8104} all my statutes,{H2708} and do{H6213} that which is lawful{H4941} and right,{H6666} he shall surely{H2421} live,{H2421} he shall not die.{H4191}

None of his transgressions{H6588} that he hath committed{H6213} shall be remembered{H2142} against him: in his righteousness{H6666} that he hath done{H6213} he shall live.{H2421}

Have I any{H2654} pleasure{H2654} in the death{H4194} of the wicked?{H7563} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah;{H3069} and not rather that he should return{H7725} from his way,{H1870} and live?{H2421}

But when the righteous{H6662} turneth away{H7725} from his righteousness,{H6666} and committeth{H6213} iniquity,{H5766} and doeth{H6213} according to all the abominations{H8441} that the wicked{H7563} man doeth,{H6213} shall he live?{H2425} None of his righteous{H6666} deeds that he hath done{H6213} shall be remembered:{H2142} in his trespass{H4603} that he hath trespassed,{H4604} and in his sin{H2403} that he hath sinned,{H2398} in them shall he die.{H4191}

Yet ye say,{H559} The way{H1870} of the Lord{H136} is not equal.{H8505} Hear{H8085} now, O house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478} Is not my way{H1870} equal?{H8505} are not your ways{H1870} unequal?{H8505}

When the righteous{H6662} man turneth away{H7725} from his righteousness,{H6666} and committeth{H6213} iniquity,{H5766} and dieth{H4191} therein; in his iniquity{H5766} that he hath done{H6213} shall he die.{H4191}

Again, when the wicked{H7563} man turneth away{H7725} from his wickedness{H7564} that he hath committed,{H6213} and doeth{H6213} that which is lawful{H4941} and right,{H6666} he shall save{H2421} his soul{H5315} alive.{H2421}

Because he considereth,{H7200} and turneth away{H7725} from all his transgressions{H6588} that he hath committed,{H6213} he shall surely{H2421} live,{H2421} he shall not die.{H4191}

Yet saith{H559} the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} The way{H1870} of the Lord{H136} is not equal.{H8505} O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} are not my ways{H1870} equal?{H8505} are not your ways{H1870} unequal?{H8505}

Therefore I will judge{H8199} you, O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} every one{H376} according to his ways,{H1870} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069} Return{H7725} ye, and turn{H7725} yourselves from all your transgressions;{H6588} so iniquity{H5771} shall not be your ruin.{H4383}

Cast away{H7993} from you all your transgressions,{H6588} wherein ye have transgressed;{H6586} and make{H6213} you a new{H2319} heart{H3820} and a new{H2319} spirit:{H7307} for why will ye die,{H4191} O house{H1004} of Israel?{H3478}

For I have no pleasure{H2654} in the death{H4194} of him that dieth,{H4191} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} wherefore turn{H7725} yourselves, and live.{H2421}