<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me again, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="4100">What</s> mean ye, that <sn="859">ye</s><sn="4911">use</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4912">proverb</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="127">land</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="398">eaten</s> sour <sn="1155">grapes</s>, and the <sn="1121">children</s> 's <sn="8127">teeth</s> are set on <sn="6949">edge</s>? </v>
<vn='3'> As <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, ye shall <sn="518">not</s><sn="1961">have</s> occasion any <sn="5750">more</s> to <sn="4911">use</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4912">proverb</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, <sn="3605">all</s><sn="5315">souls</s> are mine; as the <sn="5315">soul</s> of the <sn="1">father</s>, so also the <sn="5315">soul</s> of the <sn="1121">son</s> is mine: the <sn="5315">soul</s> that <sn="2398">sinneth</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>But <sn="3588">if</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="6662">just</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> that which is <sn="4941">lawful</s> and <sn="6666">right</s>, </v>
<vn='6'> And hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="398">eaten</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> hath lifted <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1544">idols</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> hath <sn="2930">defiled</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> hath come <sn="7126">near</s><sn="413">to</s> a <sn="5079">menstruous</s><sn="802">woman</s>, </v>
<vn='7'>And hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3238">oppressed</s><sn="376">any</s>, but hath <sn="7725">restored</s> to the <sn="2326">debtor</s> his <sn="2258">pledge</s>, hath <sn="1497">spoiled</s><sn="3808">none</s> by <sn="1500">violence</s>, hath <sn="5414">given</s> his <sn="3899">bread</s> to the <sn="7457">hungry</s>, and hath <sn="3680">covered</s> the <sn="5903">naked</s> with a <sn="899">garment</s>; </v>
<vn='8'>He that hath <sn="3808">not</s> given <sn="5414">forth</s> upon <sn="5392">usury</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> hath <sn="3947">taken</s> any <sn="8636">increase</s>, that hath <sn="7725">withdrawn</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> from <sn="4480 5766">iniquity</s>, hath <sn="6213">executed</s><sn="571">true</s><sn="4941">judgment</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="376">man</s> and <sn="376">man</s>, </v>
<vn='9'>Hath <sn="1980">walked</s> in my <sn="2708">statutes</s>, and hath <sn="8104">kept</s> my <sn="4941">judgments</s>, to <sn="6213">deal</s><sn="571">truly</s>; <sn="1931">he</s> is <sn="6662">just</s>, he shall surely <sn="2421 2421">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>If he <sn="3205">beget</s> a <sn="1121">son</s> that is a <sn="6530">robber</s>, a <sn="8210">shedder</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s>, and that <sn="6213">doeth</s> the <sn="251">like</s> to any <sn="4480 259">one</s> of <sn="4480 428">these</s> things, </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6213">doeth</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">any</s> of <sn="428">those</s> duties, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="1571">even</s> hath <sn="398">eaten</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and <sn="2930">defiled</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>, </v>
<vn='12'>Hath <sn="3238">oppressed</s> the <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="34">needy</s>, hath <sn="1497">spoiled</s> by <sn="1500">violence</s>, hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">restored</s> the <sn="2258">pledge</s>, and hath lifted <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1544">idols</s>, hath <sn="6213">committed</s><sn="8441">abomination</s>, </v>
<vn='13'>Hath given <sn="5414">forth</s> upon <sn="5392">usury</s>, and hath <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="8636">increase</s>: shall he then <sn="2421">live</s>? he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2421">live</s>: he hath <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="8441">abominations</s>; he shall surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>; his <sn="1818">blood</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> upon him. </v>
<vn='14'>Now, <sn="2009">lo</s>, if he <sn="3205">beget</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>, that <sn="7200">seeth</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="2403">sins</s><sn="834">which</s> he hath <sn="6213">done</s>, and <sn="7200">considereth</s>, and <sn="6213">doeth</s><sn="3808">not</s> such like, </v>
<vn='15'> That hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="398">eaten</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> hath lifted <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1544">idols</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2930">defiled</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="*853"></s><sn="802">wife</s>, </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3808">Neither</s> hath <sn="3238">oppressed</s><sn="376">any</s>, hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2254">withheld</s> the <sn="2258">pledge</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> hath <sn="1497">spoiled</s> by <sn="1500">violence</s>, but hath <sn="5414">given</s> his <sn="3899">bread</s> to the <sn="7457">hungry</s>, and hath <sn="3680">covered</s> the <sn="5903">naked</s> with a <sn="899">garment</s>, </v>
<vn='17'> That hath taken <sn="7725">off</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> from the <sn="4480 6041">poor</s>, that hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3947">received</s><sn="5392">usury</s> nor <sn="8636">increase</s>, hath <sn="6213">executed</s> my <sn="4941">judgments</s>, hath <sn="1980">walked</s> in my <sn="2708">statutes</s>; <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s> for the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of his <sn="1">father</s>, he shall surely <sn="2421 2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='18'> As for his <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> he cruelly <sn="6231 6233">oppressed</s>, <sn="1497">spoiled</s> his <sn="251">brother</s> by <sn="1499">violence</s>, and <sn="6213">did</s> that <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="8432">among</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, even he shall <sn="4191">die</s> in his <sn="5771">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Yet <sn="559">say</s> ye, <sn="4069">Why</s>? doth <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="1121">son</s><sn="5375">bear</s> the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of the <sn="1">father</s>? When the <sn="1121">son</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s> that which is <sn="4941">lawful</s> and <sn="6666">right</s>, and hath <sn="8104">kept</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="2708">statutes</s>, and hath <sn="6213">done</s> them, he shall surely <sn="2421 2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>The <sn="5315">soul</s> that <sn="2398">sinneth</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s>. The <sn="1121">son</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5375">bear</s> the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of the <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="1">father</s><sn="5375">bear</s> the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of the <sn="1121">son</s>: the <sn="6666">righteousness</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and the <sn="7564">wickedness</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him. </v>
<vn='21'>But <sn="3588">if</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> will <sn="7725">turn</s> from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> his <sn="2403">sins</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">committed</s>, and <sn="8104">keep</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="2708">statutes</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> that which is <sn="4941">lawful</s> and <sn="6666">right</s>, he shall surely <sn="2421 2421">live</s>, he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3605">All</s> his <sn="6588">transgressions</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">committed</s>, they shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="2142">mentioned</s> unto him: in his <sn="6666">righteousness</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">done</s> he shall <sn="2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Have I any pleasure at <sn="2654 2654">all</s> that the <sn="7563">wicked</s> should <sn="4194">die</s>? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>: and <sn="3808">not</s> that he should <sn="7725">return</s> from his <sn="4480 1870">ways</s>, and <sn="2421">live</s>? </v>
<vn='24'>But when the <sn="6662">righteous</s> turneth <sn="7725">away</s> from his <sn="4480 6666">righteousness</s>, and <sn="6213">committeth</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s>, and <sn="6213">doeth</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8441">abominations</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> man <sn="6213">doeth</s>, shall he <sn="2421">live</s>? <sn="3605">All</s> his <sn="6666">righteousness</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">done</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="2142">mentioned</s>: in his <sn="4604">trespass</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="4603">trespassed</s>, and in his <sn="2403">sin</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="2398">sinned</s>, in them shall he <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Yet ye <sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s> is not <sn="8505 3808">equal</s>. <sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="4994">now</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; Is <sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="1870">way</s><sn="8505">equal</s>? are <sn="3808">not</s> your <sn="1870">ways</s><sn="3808 8505">unequal</s>? </v>
<vn='26'>When a <sn="6662">righteous</s> man turneth <sn="7725">away</s> from his <sn="4480 6666">righteousness</s>, and <sn="6213">committeth</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s>, and <sn="4191">dieth</s><sn="5921">in</s> them; for his <sn="5766">iniquity</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">done</s> shall he <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Again, when the <sn="7563">wicked</s> man turneth <sn="7725">away</s> from his <sn="4480 7564">wickedness</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">committed</s>, and <sn="6213">doeth</s> that which is <sn="4941">lawful</s> and <sn="6666">right</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> shall save his soul <sn="2421 *853 5315">alive</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Because he <sn="7200">considereth</s>, and turneth <sn="7725">away</s> from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> his <sn="6588">transgressions</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">committed</s>, he shall surely <sn="2421 2421">live</s>, he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Yet <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, The <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s> is not <sn="8505 3808">equal</s>. O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, are <sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="1870">ways</s><sn="8505">equal</s>? are <sn="3808">not</s> your <sn="1870">ways</s><sn="3808 8505">unequal</s>? </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> I will <sn="8199">judge</s> you, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, every <sn="376">one</s> according to his <sn="1870">ways</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. <sn="7725">Repent</s>, and <sn="7725">turn</s> yourselves from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> your <sn="6588">transgressions</s>; so <sn="5771">iniquity</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> your <sn="4383">ruin</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>Cast <sn="7993">away</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> you <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="6588">transgressions</s>, <sn="834">whereby</s> ye have <sn="6586">transgressed</s>; and <sn="6213">make</s> you a <sn="2319">new</s><sn="3820">heart</s> and a <sn="2319">new</s><sn="7307">spirit</s>: for <sn="4100">why</s> will ye <sn="4191">die</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='32'><sn="3588">For</s> I have no <sn="2654 3808">pleasure</s> in the <sn="4194">death</s> of him that <sn="4191">dieth</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>: wherefore <sn="7725">turn</s> yourselves, and <sn="2421">live</s> ye. </v>