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Ezekiel · read by Voddie Baucham
19 verses, in order. Only the verses Voddie read aloud are shown.
Ezekiel 18
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"What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge'?Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her period.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor's wife.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father's iniquity. He will surely live.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom
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Yet you may ask, 'Why shouldn't the son bear the iniquity of his father?' Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.Read from ESV · Mercy in Sodom