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He said,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>"What do you mean when you use this proverb about the land of Israel: 'Fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children's teeth are set on edge'?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As I live, declares the Almighty LORD, you will no longer use this proverb in Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The life of every person belongs to me. Fathers and their children belong to me. The person who sins will die.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>"Suppose a righteous person does what is fair and right. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He doesn't eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He doesn't dishonor his neighbor's wife or have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is having her period. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He doesn't oppress anyone. He returns what a borrower gives him as security for a loan. He doesn't rob anyone. He gives food to people who are hungry, and he gives clothes to those who are naked. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He doesn't lend money for interest or make an excessive profit. He refuses to do evil things, and he judges everyone fairly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He lives by my rules and obeys my laws faithfully. This person is righteous. He will certainly live," declares the Almighty LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>"But suppose this person has a son who robs and murders. The son does all the things <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>that his father never did. He eats at the illegal mountain worship sites. He dishonors his neighbor's wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He doesn't return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He lends money for interest and makes excessive profits. Will this person live? He will not live. He has done all these disgusting things. So he must die, and he will be responsible for his own death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>"But suppose this person has a son. The son sees all the sins that his father does. He is afraid, so he doesn't do such things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He doesn't eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He doesn't dishonor his neighbor's wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He doesn't oppress anyone. He doesn't keep the security for a loan. He doesn't rob anyone. He gives food to people who are hungry, and he gives clothes to those who are naked. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He refuses to hurt the poor. He doesn't charge interest or make excessive profits. He obeys my rules and lives by my laws. He won't die for his father's sins. He will certainly live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But his father has oppressed others, robbed his relative, and done what is wrong among his people. So the father will die because of his sin.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>"But you ask, 'Why isn't the son punished for his father's sin?' It is because the son has done what is fair and right. He obeyed my rules and followed them. He will certainly live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The person who sins will die. A son will not be punished for his father's sins, and a father will not be punished for his son's sins. The righteousness of the righteous person will be his own, and the wickedness of the wicked person will be his own.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>"But suppose a wicked person turns away from all the sins that he has done. He obeys all my laws and does what is fair and right. He will certainly live. He will not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>All the rebellious things that he did will not be remembered. He will live because of the right things that he did. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I don't want wicked people to die." declares the Almighty LORD. "I want them to turn from their evil ways and live.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>"But suppose a righteous person turns away from doing right and he does evil things. He does all the disgusting things that the wicked person did. Will he live? All the right things that he has done will not be remembered because of his unfaithfulness and because of his sin. He will die because of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>"But you say, 'The Lord's way is unfair.' Listen, nation of Israel, isn't my way fair? Isn't it your ways that are unfair? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When a righteous person turns away from doing right and does evil things, he will die. He will die because of the evil things he has done. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When a wicked person turns away from the wicked things that he has done and does what is fair and right, he will live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He realized what he was doing and turned away from all the rebellious things that he had done. He will certainly live. He will not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>"But the nation of Israel says, 'The Lord's way is unfair.' Isn't my way fair, nation of Israel? Isn't it your ways that are unfair?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>"That is why I will judge each of you by what you have done, people of Israel," declares the Almighty LORD. "Change the way you think and act. Turn away from all the rebellious things that you have done so that you will not fall into sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Stop all the rebellious things that you are doing. Get yourselves new hearts and new spirits. Why do you want to die, nation of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>I don't want anyone to die," declares the Almighty LORD. "Change the way you think and act!"</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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