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Ezekiel 18:1-9

1Thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahcameuntomeagain,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Whatmean ye,thatyeusethisproverbהַמָּשָׁ֣לha.ma.ShalH4912concerningthelandאַדְמַ֥ת'ad.MatH127ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,ThefathersH1haveeatenיֹ֣אכְלוּYo.khe.luH398sourבֹ֔סֶרVo.serH1155grapesH1155,andthechildren’steethוְשִׁנֵּ֥יve.shi.NeiH8127aresetonedge?

3AsIlive, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah, yeshallnothaveoccasionanymoretousethisproverbהַמָּשָׁ֥לha.ma.ShalH4912inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

4Behold,allsoulsH5315aremine;asthesoulH5315ofthefatherH1,soalsothesoulH5315ofthesonH1121ismine:thesoulH5315thatsinneth,itshalldieתָמֽוּת׃ סta.MutH4191.

5ButifamanH376beיִהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961just,anddothatwhichislawfulandrightH4941,

6andhathnoteatenH398uponthemountainsהֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.RimH2022,neitherhathliftedנָשָׂ֔אna.Sa'H5375uphiseyesוְעֵינָיו֙ve.'ei.NavH5869totheidolsגִּלּוּלֵ֖יgi.lu.LeiH1544ofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,neitherhathdefiledH2930hisneighbor’sרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453wifeאֵ֤שֶׁת'E.shetH802,neitherhathcomeneartoawomanאִשָּׁ֥ה'i.ShahH802inherimpurityH5079,

7andhathnotwrongedany,buthathrestoredH7725tothedebtorhispledgeחֲבֹלָת֥וֹcha.vo.la.ToH2258, hathtakennoughtbyrobberyגְּזֵלָ֖הge.ze.LahH1500, hathgivenH5414hisbreadH3899tothehungryלְרָעֵ֣בle.ra.'EvH7457,andhathcoveredיְכַסֶּה־ye.kha.seh-H3680thenakedוְעֵירֹ֖םve.'ei.RomH5903withagarmentH899;

8hethathathnotgivenH5414forthuponinterestבַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְba.Ne.shekhH5392,neitherhathtakenH3947anyincrease,thathath withdrawnhishandיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027frominiquity, hath executedtruejusticeמִשְׁפַּ֤טmish.PatH4941betweenmanH376andmanH376,

9hathwalkedיְהַלֵּ֛ךְye.ha.LekhH1980inmystatutesH2708,andhathkeptH8104mineordinancesH4941,todealtruly;heisjust,heshallsurelyliveH2421, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah.

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