Ezekiel 18

The Soul Who Sins Will Die

1Then the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 cameH1961 to meH413, sayingH559, 2“WhatH4100 do you peopleH859 mean by quoting thisH2088 proverbH4911 aboutH5921 the landH127 of IsraelH3478H559:

3As surely asH589 I liveH2416, declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069, you will noH518H1961 longerH5750 quoteH4911 thisH2088 proverbH4912 in IsraelH3478. 4BeholdH2005, everyH3605 soulH5315 belongs to Me; both fatherH1 and sonH1121 areH2007 Mine. The soulH5315 who sinsH2398 is the one whoH1931 will dieH4191.

5Now supposeH3588 a manH376 isH1961 righteousH6662 and doesH6213 what is justH4941 and rightH6666:

10Now suppose that man hasH3205 a violentH6530 sonH1121, who shedsH8210 bloodH1818 or doesH6213H253 anyH259 of theseH428 things, 11though the fatherH1931 has doneH6213H3588 noneH3605H3808 of themH428:

Will this son liveH2421? He will notH3808H2421! Since he has committedH6213 allH3605 theseH428 abominationsH8441, he will surely dieH4191; his bloodH1818 will beH1961 on his own head.

14NowH2009 suppose this son hasH3205 a sonH1121 who seesH7200 allH3605 the sinsH2403 his fatherH1 has committedH6213, considers themH7200, and does notH3808 do likewiseH6213:

Such a man will notH3808 dieH4191 for his father’sH1 iniquityH5771. He will surely liveH2421.

18As for his fatherH1, he will dieH4191 for his own iniquityH5771, becauseH3588 he practicedH6231 extortionH6233, robbedH1497H1498 his brotherH251, and didH6213 whatH834 was wrongH3808H2896 amongH8432 his peopleH5971H2009.

19Yet you may askH559, ‘WhyH4069 shouldn’t the sonH1121H3808 bearH5375 the iniquityH5771 of his fatherH1?’

Since the sonH1121 has doneH6213 what is justH4941 and rightH6666, carefullyH8104 observingH6213 allH3605 My statutesH2708, he will surely liveH2421.

20The soulH5315 who sinsH2398 is the one whoH1931 will dieH4191. A sonH1121 will notH3808 bearH5375 the iniquityH5771 of his fatherH1, and a fatherH1 will notH3808 bearH5375 the iniquityH5771 of his sonH1121. The righteousnessH6666 of the righteous manH6662 will fallH1961 upon himH5921, and the wickednessH7564 of the wicked manH7563 will fallH1961 upon himH5921.

21But ifH3588 the wicked manH7563 turnsH7725 from allH3605 the sinsH2403 he has committedH6213, keepsH8104 allH3605 My statutesH2708, and doesH6213 what is justH4941 and rightH6666, he will surely liveH2421; he will notH3808 dieH4191. 22NoneH3605H3808 of the transgressionsH6588 he has committedH6213 will be heldH2142 against him. Because of the righteousnessH6666 he has practicedH6213, he will liveH2421. 23Do I take any pleasure inH2654 the deathH4194 of the wickedH7563? declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069. Wouldn’t I preferH3808 that he turnH7725 from his waysH1870 and liveH2421?

24But if a righteous manH6662 turnsH7725 from his righteousnessH6666 and practicesH6213 iniquityH5766, committingH6213 the same abominationsH8441 asH834 the wickedH7563H6213, will he liveH2421H3605? NoneH3808 of the righteous actsH6666 he didH6213 will be rememberedH2142. Because of the unfaithfulnessH4603 and sinH2403 he has committedH2398, he will dieH4191.

25Yet you sayH559, ‘The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is notH3808 justH8505.’

HearH8085 nowH4994, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478: Is it My wayH1870 that is unjustH3808H8505? Is it notH3808 your waysH1870 that are unjustH3808H8505?

26If a righteous manH6662 turnsH7725 from his righteousnessH6666 and practicesH6213 iniquityH5766, he will dieH4191 for thisH5921. He will dieH4191 because of the iniquityH5766 he has committedH6213.

27But if a wicked manH7563 turnsH7725 from the wickednessH7564 he has committedH6213 and doesH6213 what is justH4941 and rightH6666, heH1931 will saveH2421 his lifeH5315. 28Because he consideredH7200 and turnedH7725 from allH3605 the transgressionsH6588 he had committedH6213, he will surely liveH2421; he will notH3808 dieH4191.

29Yet the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 saysH559, ‘The wayH1870 of the LordH136 is notH3808 justH8505.’

Are My waysH1870 unjustH3808, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478? Is it notH3808 your waysH1870 that are unjustH3808H8505?

30ThereforeH3651, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, I will judgeH8199 youH853, eachH376 according to his waysH1870, declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069. RepentH7725 and turnH7725 from allH3605 your transgressionsH6588, so that your iniquityH5771 will notH3808 becomeH1961 your downfallH4383. 31Cast awayH7993 from yourselvesH5921 allH3605 the transgressionsH6588 you have committedH6586, and fashionH6213 for yourselves a newH2319 heartH3820 and a newH2319 spiritH7307. WhyH4100 should you dieH4191, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478?

32ForH3588 I take noH3808 pleasureH2654 in anyone’s deathH4194H4191, declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069. So repentH7725 and liveH2421!