Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 18:1-9

1Thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of theLordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068cameH1961untomeאֵלַ֥י'e.LaiH413againH1961,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Whatמַה־mah-H4100mean ye, that yeuseH398thisproverbהַמָּשָׁ֣לha.ma.ShalH4912concerning thelandאַדְמַ֥ת'ad.MatH127ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Thefathersאָבוֹת֙'a.VotH1haveeatenיֹ֣אכְלוּYo.khe.luH398sourבֹ֔סֶרVo.serH1155grapesH1155, and thechildren’sהַבָּנִ֖יםha.ba.NimH1121teethוְשִׁנֵּ֥יve.shi.NeiH8127are set on edge?

3As Iliveחַי־chai-H2416, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136, ye shallnotהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088have occasionanyH5750moreH5750touseיִֽהְיֶ֨הyih.YehH1961thisproverbהַמָּשָׁ֥לha.ma.ShalH4912inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

4Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005,allכָּל־kol-H3605soulsהַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ha.ne.fa.shOtH5315are mine; as thesoulכְּנֶ֧פֶשׁke.Ne.feshH5315of thefatherהָאָ֛בha.'AvH1,soH4191also thesoulוּכְנֶ֥פֶשׁu.khe.Ne.feshH5315of thesonהַבֵּ֖ןha.BenH1121is mine: thesoulהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315that sinneth, it shalldieתָמֽוּת׃ סta.MutH4191.

5Butifכִּי־ki-H3588amanוְאִ֖ישׁve.'IshH376bejustH4941, anddoוְעָשָׂ֥הve.'a.SahH6213that which is lawful andrightH4941,

6and hathnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808eatenאָכָ֔ל'a.KhalH398uponH413themountainsהֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.RimH2022,neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808hathliftedנָשָׂ֔אna.Sa'H5375upH5375hiseyesוְעֵינָיו֙ve.'ei.NavH5869to theidolsגִּלּוּלֵ֖יgi.lu.LeiH1544of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808hathdefiledטִמֵּ֔אti.Me'H2930his neighbour’swifeאֵ֤שֶׁת'E.shetH802,neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808hathcomeH7126nearH7126to awomanאִשָּׁ֥ה'i.ShahH802inherH413separation;

7and hathnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808wrongedיוֹנֶ֔הyo.NehH3238anyוְאִישׁ֙ve.'IshH376, but hathrestoredיָשִׁ֔יבya.ShivH7725to thedebtorחוֹב֙chOvH2326hispledgeחֲבֹלָת֥וֹcha.vo.la.ToH2258, hath spoilednoneלֹ֣אlo'H3808by violence, hathgivenיִתֵּ֔ןyi.TenH5414hisbreadלַחְמוֹ֙lach.MoH3899to thehungryלְרָעֵ֣בle.ra.'EvH7457, and hathcoveredיְכַסֶּה־ye.kha.seh-H3680thenakedוְעֵירֹ֖םve.'ei.RomH5903with agarmentבָּֽגֶד׃Ba.gedH899;

8he that hathnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808givenH5414forthH5414uponH4941usuryH8636,neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808hathtakenיִקָּ֔חyi.KachH3947anyH376increaseH8636, that hath withdrawn hishandיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027frominiquityמֵעָ֖וֶלme.'A.velH5766, hath executedtrueאֱמֶת֙'e.MetH571judgmentH4941betweenבֵּ֥יןbeinH996manH376andmanH376,

9hathwalkedיְהַלֵּ֛ךְye.ha.LekhH1980in mystatutesבְּחֻקּוֹתַ֧יbe.chu.ko.TaiH2708, and hathkeptשָׁמַ֖רsha.MarH8104myjudgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥יu.mish.pa.TaiH4941, todealלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213trulyאֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetH571; he isjustH4941, he shallsurelyH1980liveH2421, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136.

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