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Ezekiel 18:20-28

20Thesoulהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315thatsinneth,itshalldieתָמ֑וּתta.MutH4191:thesonH1121shallnotbearיִשָּׂ֣א׀yi.Sa'H5375theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771ofthefatherH1,neithershallthefatherH1bearיִשָּׂא֙yi.Sa'H5375theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771ofthesonH1121;therighteousnessצִדְקַ֤תtzid.KatH6666oftherighteousהַצַּדִּיק֙ha.tza.DikH6662shallbeתִּֽהְיֶ֔הtih.YehH1961uponhim,andthewickednessוְרִשְׁעַ֥תve.rish.'AtH7564ofthewickedהָרָשָׁ֖עha.ra.sha'H7563shallbeתִּֽהְיֶֽה׃ סTih.YehH1961uponhim.

21Butifthewickedוְהָרָשָׁ֗עve.ha.ra.Sha'H7563turnיָשׁוּב֙ya.ShuvH7725fromallhissinsחַטֹּאתָיו֙cha.ta.tovH2403thathehathcommitted,andkeepוְשָׁמַר֙ve.sha.MarH8104allmystatutesH2708,anddothatwhichislawfulandrightH4941,heshallsurelyliveH2421,heshallnotdieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

22Noneofhistransgressionsפְּשָׁעָיו֙pe.sha.'AvH6588thathehathcommittedshallberememberedיִזָּכְר֖וּyi.za.khe.RuH2142againsthim:inhisrighteousnessבְּצִדְקָת֥וֹbe.tzid.ka.ToH6666thathehathdoneheshallliveיִֽחְיֶֽה׃Yich.YehH2421.

23HaveIanypleasureH2654inthedeathמ֣וֹתMotH4194ofthewickedרָשָׁ֔עra.Sha'H7563? saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah;andnotratherthatheshouldreturnH7725fromhiswayמִדְּרָכָ֖יוmi.de.ra.KhavH1870,andliveוְחָיָֽה׃ סve.cha.YahH2421?

24ButwhenH834therighteousצַדִּ֤יקtza.DikH6662turnethawayוּבְשׁ֨וּבu.ve.ShuvH7725fromhisrighteousnessH6666,andcommittethiniquity,anddoeth accordingtoalltheabominationsהַתּוֹעֵב֜וֹתha.to.'e.VotH8441thatthewickedהָרָשָׁ֛עha.ra.Sha'H7563mandoeth,shallhelive?NoneofhisrighteousH6662deedsthathehathdoneshallberememberedתִזָּכַ֔רְנָהti.za.Khar.nahH2142:inhistrespassthathehath trespassed,andinhissinH2398thathehathsinnedH2398,inthemshallhedieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

25Yetyesayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕םva.'a.mar.TemH559,Thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870oftheLordאֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiH136isnotequal.HearH8085now,Ohouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478:Isnotmywayהֲדַרְכִּי֙ha.dar.KiH1870equal?arenotyourwaysדַרְכֵיכֶ֖םdar.khei.KhemH1870unequal?

26WhenH834therighteousצַדִּ֧יקtza.DikH6662manturnethawayבְּשׁוּב־be.shuv-H7725fromhisrighteousnessמִצִּדְקָת֛וֹmi.tzid.ka.ToH6666,andcommittethiniquity,anddieth therein;inhisiniquitythathehathdoneshallhedieH4191.

27Again,whenH834thewickedרָשָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563manturnethawayוּבְשׁ֣וּבu.ve.ShuvH7725fromhiswickednessמֵֽרִשְׁעָתוֹ֙me.rish.'a.ToH7564thathehathcommitted,anddoeththatwhichislawfulandrightH4941,heshallsavehissoulH5315aliveיְחַיֶּֽה׃ye.chai.YehH2421.

28Becauseheconsidereth,andturnethawayוַיָּ֔שָׁבvai.ya.shovH7725fromallhistransgressionsפְּשָׁעָ֖יוpe.sha.'AvH6588thathehathcommitted,heshallsurelyliveH2421,heshallnotdieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

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