Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 18:21-30

21ButifH3588thewickedוְהָרָשָׁ֗עve.ha.ra.Sha'H7563turnיָשׁוּב֙ya.ShuvH7725fromallמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605hissinsחַטֹּאתָיו֙cha.ta.tovH2403that he hathcommittedעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213, andkeepוְשָׁמַר֙ve.sha.MarH8104allכָּל־kol-H3605mystatutesחֻקּוֹתַ֔יchu.ko.TaiH2708, anddoוְעָשָׂ֥הve.'a.SahH6213thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834is lawful andrightמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941, he shallsurelyH3588liveH2421, he shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808dieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

22Noneלֹ֥אlo'H3808of histransgressionsפְּשָׁעָיו֙pe.sha.'AvH6588that he hathcommittedעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213shall berememberedיִזָּכְר֖וּyi.za.khe.RuH2142againstכָּל־kol-H3605him: in hisrighteousnessבְּצִדְקָת֥וֹbe.tzid.ka.ToH6666that he hathdoneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213he shallliveיִֽחְיֶֽה׃Yich.YehH2421.

23Have IanyH3808pleasureH2654in thedeathמ֣וֹתMotH4194of thewickedרָשָׁ֔עra.Sha'H7563? saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136: andnotH3808ratherH3808that he shouldreturnבְּשׁוּב֥וֹbe.shu.VoH7725from hiswayמִדְּרָכָ֖יוmi.de.ra.KhavH1870, andliveוְחָיָֽה׃ סve.cha.YahH2421?

24But when therighteousצַדִּ֤יקtza.DikH6662turnethawayוּבְשׁ֨וּבu.ve.ShuvH7725from hisrighteousnessמִצִּדְקָתוֹ֙mi.tzid.ka.ToH6666, and committethiniquityעָ֔וֶל'A.velH5766, and doeth according toallH3605theabominationsהַתּוֹעֵב֜וֹתha.to.'e.VotH8441that thewickedהָרָשָׁ֛עha.ra.Sha'H7563manH7563doeth, shall he live?Noneלֹ֣אlo'H3808of hisrighteousH6662deedsצִדְקֹתָ֤יוtzid.ka.tovH6666that he hathdoneH6213shall berememberedתִזָּכַ֔רְנָהti.za.Khar.nahH2142: in histrespassבְּמַעֲל֧וֹbe.ma.'a.LoH4604that he hath trespassed, and in hissinH2398that he hathsinnedH2398, in them shall hedieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

25Yet yesayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕םva.'a.mar.TemH559, Thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of theLordאֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiH136isnotH3808equal.Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085nowנָא֙na'H4994, Ohouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478: IsnotH3808mywayהֲדַרְכִּי֙ha.dar.KiH1870equal? arenotH3808yourwaysדַרְכֵיכֶ֖םdar.khei.KhemH1870unequal?

26When therighteousצַדִּ֧יקtza.DikH6662manH6662turnethawayבְּשׁוּב־be.shuv-H7725from hisrighteousnessמִצִּדְקָת֛וֹmi.tzid.ka.ToH6666, and committethiniquityעָ֖וֶל'A.velH5766, and dieth therein; in hisiniquityבְּעַוְל֥וֹbe.'av.LoH5766that he hathdoneH6213shall hedieH4191.

27AgainH7725, when thewickedרָשָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563manH7563turnethawayוּבְשׁ֣וּבu.ve.ShuvH7725from hiswickednessמֵֽרִשְׁעָתוֹ֙me.rish.'a.ToH7564that he hathcommittedH6213, and doeth thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834is lawful andrightמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941, he shallsaveH5315hissoulH5315aliveיְחַיֶּֽה׃ye.chai.YehH2421.

28Becauseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he considereth, and turnethawayוַיָּ֔שָׁבvai.ya.shovH7725fromallמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605histransgressionsפְּשָׁעָ֖יוpe.sha.'AvH6588that he hathcommittedעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213, he shallsurelyH4191liveH2421, he shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808dieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

29Yet saith thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of theLordאֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiH136isnotH3808equal. Ohouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, arenotH3808mywaysהַדְּרָכַ֞יha.de.ra.KhaiH1870equal? arenotH3808yourwaysדַרְכֵיכֶ֖םdar.khei.KhemH1870unequal?

30Therefore I willjudgeאֶשְׁפֹּ֤ט'esh.PotH8199youH3605, Ohouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,everyH3605oneaccordingאִ֨ישׁ'ishH376to hiswaysכִּדְרָכָ֜יוkid.ra.KhavH1870, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136.Returnשׁ֤וּבוּShu.vuH7725ye, andturnוְהָשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ve.ha.Shi.vuH7725yourselves fromallH3605yourtransgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔םpish.'ei.KhemH6588;soלָכֵן֩la.KhenH3651iniquityעָוֹֽן׃'a.VonH5771shallnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808be your ruin.

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