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Ezekiel 18:14-20

14Now, lo, if hebegettethהוֹלִ֣ידho.LidH3205asonבֵּ֔ןBenH1121, thatseethוַיַּ֕רְאvai.Yar'H7200all hisfather’sאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1sinsחַטֹּ֥אתcha.TotH2403which he hathdoneעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213, andconsiderethוַיִּרְאֶ֕הvai.yir.'EhH7200, anddoethיַעֲשֶׂ֖הya.'a.SehH6213notlikewiseH2004,

15That hath noteatenאָכָ֔ל'a.KhalH398upon themountainsהֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.RimH2022, neither hath liftedupנָשָׂ֔אna.Sa'H5375hiseyesוְעֵינָיו֙ve.'ei.NavH5869to theidolsגִּלּוּלֵ֖יgi.lu.LeiH1544of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, hath notdefiledטִמֵּֽא׃ti.Me'H2930hisneighbour’sרֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huH7453wifeאֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shetH802,

16Neither hathoppressedהוֹנָ֔הho.NahH3238anyוְאִישׁ֙ve.'IshH376, hath notwithheldחָבָ֔לcha.ValH2254thepledgeחֲבֹל֙cha.VolH2258, neither hathstrippedגָזָ֑לga.ZalH1497byviolenceוּגְזֵלָ֖הu.ge.ze.LahH1500, but hathgivenנָתָ֔ןna.TanH5414hisbreadלַחְמוֹ֙lach.MoH3899to thehungryלְרָעֵ֣בle.ra.'EvH7457, and hathcoveredכִּסָּה־ki.sah-H3680thenakedוְעֵר֖וֹםve.'e.RomH5903with agarmentבָֽגֶד׃Va.gedH899,

17That hath takenoffהֵשִׁ֣יבhe.ShivH7725hishandיָד֗וֹya.DoH3027from thepoorמֵעָנִ֞יme.'a.NiH6041, that hath notreceivedלָקָ֔חla.KachH3947interestנֶ֤שֶׁךְNe.shekhH5392norincreaseוְתַרְבִּית֙ve.tar.BitH8636, hathexecutedעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213myjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֣יmish.pa.TaiH4941, hathwalkedהָלָ֑ךְha.LakhH1980in mystatutesבְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖יbe.chu.ko.TaiH2708; he shall notdieיָמ֛וּתya.MutH4191for theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֥ןba.'a.VonH5771of hisfatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1, he shallsurelyחָיֹ֥הcha.YohH2421liveיִחְיֶֽה׃yich.YehH2421.

18As for hisfatherאָבִ֞יו'a.VivH1, because hecruellyעֹ֗שֶׁק'O.shekH6233oppressedעָ֣שַׁק'A.shakH6231,strippedגָּזַל֙ga.ZalH1497hisbrotherאָ֔ח'AchH251byviolenceH1499, anddidעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213that which is notgoodט֛וֹבTovH2896amongבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432hispeopleעַמָּ֑יו'a.MavH5971, lo, even he shalldieמֵ֖תmetH4191in hisiniquityבַּעֲוֹנֽוֹ׃ba.'a.vo.NoH5771.

19Yetsayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕םva.'a.mar.TemH559ye, Why? doth not thesonהַבֵּ֖ןha.BenH1121bearנָשָׂ֥אna.Sa'H5375theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771of thefatherהָאָ֑בha.'AvH1? When thesonוְהַבֵּ֞ןve.ha.BenH1121hathdoneעָשָׂ֗ה'a.SahH6213that which islawfulמִשְׁפָּ֧טmish.PatH4941andrightוּצְדָקָ֣הu.tze.da.KahH6666, and hathkeptשָׁמַ֛רsha.MarH8104all mystatutesחֻקּוֹתַ֥יchu.ko.TaiH2708, and hathdoneוַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥הvai.ya.'a.SehH6213them, he shallsurelyחָיֹ֥הcha.YohH2421liveיִחְיֶֽה׃yich.YehH2421.

20Thesoulהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315thatsinnethהַחֹטֵ֖אתha.cho.TetH2398, it shalldieתָמ֑וּתta.MutH4191. Thesonבֵּ֞ןbenH1121shall notbearיִשָּׂ֣א׀yi.Sa'H5375theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771of thefatherהָאָ֗בha.'AvH1, neither shall thefatherוְאָב֙ve.'AvH1bearיִשָּׂא֙yi.Sa'H5375theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771of thesonהַבֵּ֔ןha.BenH1121: therighteousnessצִדְקַ֤תtzid.KatH6666of therighteousהַצַּדִּיק֙ha.tza.DikH6662shall be upon him, and thewickednessוְרִשְׁעַ֥תve.rish.'AtH7564of thewickedהָרָשָׁ֖עha.ra.sha'H7563shall be upon him.

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