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Ezekiel 18:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him. "

Ezekiel 18:20

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18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he will die in his iniquity.

19 “Yet you say, ‘Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he will surely live.

20 The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

21 “But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

22 None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.

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Ezekiel 18:1

"The LORD’s word came to me again, saying,"

Ezekiel 18:2

"“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?"

Ezekiel 18:3

"“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel."

Ezekiel 18:4

"Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die."

Ezekiel 18:5

"“But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,"

Ezekiel 18:6

"and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,"

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