doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
[16] As I live, saith the Lord GOD,
surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose
covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
[17] Neither shall Pharaoh with
his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts,
to cut off many persons:
[18] Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had
given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it
will I recompense upon his own head.
[20] And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in
my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath
trespassed against me.
[21] And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that
remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
[22] Thus
saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off
from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
[23]
In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and
be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof
shall they dwell.
[24] And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high
tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I
the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and
have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
Ezek.18
[1] The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
[2] What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning
the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
[3]
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
[4] Behold,
all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth,
it shall die.
[5] But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
[6] And hath not eaten upon
the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled
his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
[7] And hath not oppressed any,
but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
[8] He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither
hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between
man and man,
[9] Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he
shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
[10] If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and
that doeth the like to any one of these things,
[11] And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath
eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
[12] Hath oppressed the poor and needy,
hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath
committed abomination,
[13] Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live?
he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
[14]
Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth
not such like,
[15] That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols
of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
[16] Neither hath oppressed any, hath not
withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and
hath covered the naked with a garment,
[17] That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not
received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die
for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
[18] As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed,
spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die
in his iniquity.
[19] Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath
done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely
live.
[20] The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall
the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
[21] But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath
committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall
not die.
[22] All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his