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Ezekiel 18 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Soul Who Sins Will Die

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:1 -

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2 - “What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,

‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,

But the children’s teeth [fn]are set on edge’?

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“As I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “you are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:4 - “Behold, all [fn]souls are Mine; the [fn]soul of the father as well as the [fn]soul of the son is Mine. The [fn]soul who sins will die.
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“But if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:6 - and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - if a man does not mistreat anyone, but returns to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:8 - if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he turns his hand from injustice and does true justice between man and man,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - if he walks in My statutes and My judgments and is careful to do the truth—he is righteous and will surely live,” declares Lord Yahweh.
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“Then he may [fn]have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:11 - (though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - he mistreats the afflicted and needy, commits robbery, does not return a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and does abominations;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13 - he lends money on interest and takes increase; will he live? He will not live! He has done all these abominations; he will surely be put to death; his blood will be on himself.
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“Now behold, he [fn]has a son who has seen all his father’s sins which he has done. And he saw this but does not do likewise.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:15 - “He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - or mistreat anyone, or retain a pledge or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:17 - he turns his hand away from [fn]the afflicted, does not take interest or increase, but does My judgments and walks in My statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - “As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity.
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“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ But the son has done justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them. He shall surely live.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20 - “The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
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“But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has done and keeps all My statutes and does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:22 - “All his transgressions which he has done will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has done, he will live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23 - “Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares Lord Yahweh, “is it not that he should turn from his ways and live?
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“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, does injustice, and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his unfaithfulness which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:25 - “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - “When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, does injustice, and dies because of it, for his injustice which he has done he will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27 - “Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has done and does justice and righteousness, he will preserve his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:28 - “Again, he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had done; he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:29 - “But the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?
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“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his way,” declares Lord Yahweh. “[fn]Turn back and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:31 - “Cast away from yourselves all your transgressions which you have committed and [fn]make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Now why will you die, O house of Israel?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32 - “For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares Lord Yahweh. “Therefore, [fn]turn back and live.”
LSB Footnotes
Lit become dull
Or lives
Or life
Or life
Or person
Lit beget
Lit begets
Gr iniquity, as in 18:8
Or Repent
Or do, cf. 18:24, 26, 27
Or repent
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