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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 18
Men shall be punished for their own sins—Sinners shall die, and the
righteous shall save their souls—A righteous man who sins shall be
damned, and a sinner who repents shall be saved.
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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
agrapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
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3 As I
livea, 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
asinneth, it shall bdie.
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3a As I live Now the
'As' was added in by the translators. Perhaps a better add in might have been
'Because'. Because Jehovah lives and because he will live as Jesus Christ from
that time perspective when this was given, the atonement of the Savior will
make it possible that this proverb will forever have an end in him. Because
he lives.
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5 ¶ But if a man be
ajust, and do that which is lawful and right,
6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains,
neither hath alifted up his eyes to the
bidols of the house of Israel, neither hath
cdefiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a
menstruous dwoman,
7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath
restored to the debtor his apledge, hath spoiled none by
violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the
bnaked with a garment;
8 He that hath not given forth upon
ausury, 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withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and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.
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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
aneighbour's wife,
12 Hath oppressed the apoor
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 ablood shall be upon
him.
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14 ¶ Now, lo, if he beget a son,
that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and
doeth not asuch 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
acruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and
did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall
die in his iniquity.
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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 asinneth,
it shall die. The son shall not bbear the iniquity of the
father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the
crighteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
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21 But if the wicked will
aturn 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 atransgressions
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 apleasure at
all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he
should return from his ways, and live?
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24 ¶ But when the
arighteous bturneth away from his
crighteousness, 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 dsin that he
hath sinned, in them shall he die.
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25 ¶ Yet ye say, The
away of the Lord is not bequal. Hear
now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
26 When a righteous man
aturneth away from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and bdieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath
done shall he die.
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27 Again, when the wicked man
aturneth 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.
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29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of
the Lord is not aequal. O house of Israel, are not my ways
equal? are not your ways unequal?
30 Therefore I will ajudge
you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD.
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your
btransgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
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31 ¶ aCast away from
you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new
bheart and a cnew spirit: for why will ye
ddie, O house of Israel?
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
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