Daily Meditation
26 When a righteous
man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in
them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
Today’s Reading
Ezekiel
Chapter 18
The word of the Lord
came unto me again
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usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from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 righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any
pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he
should return from his ways, and live?
24 But when the
righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and
doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he
live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his
trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them
shall he die.
25 Yet ye say, The way
of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are
not your ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity
that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from
his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and
right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth
away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live,
he shall not die. 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not
equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
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