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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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
have spoken and have done
it.
CHAPTER 18
The word of the L
ORD
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hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true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
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