18Ezekiel 18

CHAP. XVIII. / 1 God reprooueth the vniust parable of sowre grapes, 5 He sheweth how he dealeth with a iust father: 10 with a wicked sonne of a iust father: 14 with a iust sonne of a wicked father: 19

1And the word of þe Lord came vnto me againe, saying;Select Ezekiel 18:1

2What meane ye that yee vse this prouerbe concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge?Select Ezekiel 18:2

3As I liue, saith the Lord God, yee shall not haue occasion any more to vse this prouerbe in Israel.Select Ezekiel 18:3

4Behold, all soules are mine, as the soule of the father, so also the soule of the sonne is mine: the soule that sinneth, it shall die.Select Ezekiel 18:4

5But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:Select Ezekiel 18:5

6And hath not eaten vpon the mountaines, neither hath lift vp his eyes to the idoles of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbours wife, neither hath come neere to a menstruous woman,Select Ezekiel 18:6

7And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtour his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath giuen his bread to the hungrie, and hath couered the naked with a garment,Select Ezekiel 18:7

8He that hath not giuen foorth vpon vsurie, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawen his hand from iniquitie, hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man,Select Ezekiel 18:8

9Hath walked in my Statutes, and hath kept my Iudgements to deale truely; hee is iust, hee shall surely liue, saith the Lord God.Select Ezekiel 18:9

10If hee beget a sonne that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doth the like to any one of these things,Select Ezekiel 18:10

11And that doeth not any of those duties, bnt euen hath eaten vpon the mountains, and defiled his neighbours wife,Select Ezekiel 18:11

12Hath oppressed the poore and needie, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lift vp his eyes to the idoles, hath committed abomination,Select Ezekiel 18:12

13Hath giuen foorth vpon vsurie, and hath taken encrease: shall he then liue? hee shall not liue: hee hath done all these abominations, hee shall surely die, his blood shalbe vpon him.Select Ezekiel 18:13

14Now loe, if hee beget a sonne that seeth all his fathers sinnes which he hath done, and considereth, and doth not such like,Select Ezekiel 18:14

15That hath not eaten vpon the mountaines, neither hath lift vp his eyes to the idoles of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbours wife,Select Ezekiel 18:15

16Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,Select Ezekiel 18:16

17That hath taken off his hand from the poore, that hath not receiued vsurie nor increase, hath executed my Iudgements, hath walked in my Statutes, he shall not die for the iniquitie of his father, he shall surely liue.Select Ezekiel 18:17

18As for his father, because hee cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, loe, euen he shall die in his iniquitie.Select Ezekiel 18:18

19Yet say yee, Why? doeth not the sonne beare the iniquitie of the father? when the sonne hath done that which is lawfull and right, and hath kept all my Statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely liue.Select Ezekiel 18:19

20The soule that sinneth, it shal die: the sonne shall not beare the iniquitie of the father, neither shal the father beare the iniquitie of the sonne; the righteousnesse of the righteous shall bee vpon him, and the wickednesse of the wicked shalbe vpon him.Select Ezekiel 18:20

21But if the wicked will turne from all his sinnes that he hath committed and keepe all my statutes, and doe that which is lawful and right, he shall surely liue, he shall not die.Select Ezekiel 18:21

22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned vnto him: in his righteousnesse, that he hath done, he shall liue.Select Ezekiel 18:22

23Haue I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die, saith the Lord God? And not that he should returne from his wayes, and liue?Select Ezekiel 18:23

24But when the righteous turneth away fro his righteousnes, & committeth iniquitie, and doth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth, shall he liue? all his righteousnesse that he hath done, shall not be mentioned: in his trespasse that he hath trespassed, and in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.Select Ezekiel 18:24

25Yet yee say; The way of the Lord is not equall. Heare now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equall? are not your wayes vnequall?Select Ezekiel 18:25

26When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousnesse, & committeth iniquitie, and dieth in them; for his iniquitie that he hath done, shall he die.Select Ezekiel 18:26

27Againe, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickednesse that he hath committed, and doth that which is lawfull and right, he shall saue his soule aliue.Select Ezekiel 18:27

28Because he considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely liue, he shall not die.Select Ezekiel 18:28

29Yet saith the house of Israel; The way of the Lord is not equall. O house of Israel, are not my wayes equall? are not your wayes vnequall?Select Ezekiel 18:29

30Therefore I will iudge you, O house of Israel, euery one according to his wayes, saith the Lord God; repent, and turne your selues from all your transgressions: so iniquitie shall not be your ruine.Select Ezekiel 18:30

31Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherby yee haue transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will yee die, O house of Israel?Select Ezekiel 18:31

32For I haue no pleasure in þe death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turne your selues, & liue ye.Select Ezekiel 18:32