Thus, the word of the LORD came to me:
Son of man, what is the meaning of this proverb that you recite in the land of Israel:
"Fathers have eaten green grapes,
thus their children's teeth are on edge."
As I live, says the LORD GOD:I swear that there shall no longer be anyone among you who will repeat this proverb in Israel. For all lives are mine; the life of the father is like the life of the son, both are mine; only the one who sins shall die.
If a man is virtuous- f he does what is right and just, if he does not eat on the mountain, and if he does not defile his neighbor's wife, nor have relations with a woman in her menstrual period, commits no robbery; if he gives food to the hungry and clothes the naked; if he lives by my statutes and is careful to observe my ordinances, that man is virtuous- he shall surely live, SAYS THE LORD GOD.
But if he begets a son who is a theif, a murderer, or who does any of these things (though the father does none of them), a son who eats on the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife, oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery does not give back to the poor and does abominable things; he shall surely die. His death shall be his own fault! THUS SAYS THE LORD!
On the other hand, if a man begets a son who, seeing all the sins his father commits, yet fears and does not imitate him; a son who does not eat on the mountains, does not defile his neighbor's wife; who does not oppress the poor or commit robbery; who gives his food to the hungry and clothes the naked; who holds off from evil doing and keeps my ordinances and lives by my statues--This one shall not die by the sins of his father, but shall SURELY LIVE!
Thus SAYS THE LORD GOD:The virtuous man's virtue shall be his own, as the wicked man's wickedness shall be his own.
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