Ezekiel 18:14-32 But if he beget a son who hath seen all the sins which his father committed and hath been struck with awe and not done the like;

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ But if he beget a son who hath seen all the sins which his father committed and hath been struck with awe and not done the like; ¹⁵ hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor fixed his eyes on the desires of the house of Israel; nor defiled his neighbour's wife, ¹⁶ nor oppressed any man, nor taken a pledge; nor been guilty of rapine; hath dealt out his bread to the hungry and clothed the naked, ¹⁷ and turned away his hand from injustice; hath neither lent on interest nor taken usury; hath practised justice and walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquities of his father. He shall live. ¹⁸ But as for his father, if he be guilty of rapine and oppression, he hath done wrong in the midst of my people, and for his iniquities he shall die. ¹⁹ Now should you say, Why hath not the son borne the iniquity of his father? Because the son hath practised justice and mercy; hath kept all my statutes and done them, he shall live. ²⁰ But the soul which sinneth shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of his father; nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and upon the iniquitous shall be his iniquity. ²¹ But if the unrighteous man will turn from all the unrighteous acts which he hath done, and will keep all my commandments, and practise righteousness and mercy; he shall surely live and not die. ²² None of the transgressions which he committed shall be remembered; for the righteousness which he hath exercised, he shall live. ²³ Can I [saith the Lord] so much desire the death of the unrighteous, as I do that he should turn from his evil way and live? ²⁴ But when a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity according to all the iniquities which the wicked hath done, none of the righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered. For the sins which he hath committed, even for these he shall die. ²⁵ Yet you have said, The way of the Lord is not straight. Hear now, all ye house of Israel, Is not my way straight? Is it not your way which is not straight? ²⁶ When the righteous turneth from his righteousness and committeth a crime, for the crime he committeth he should die; for it he shall die. ²⁷ And when a wicked man turneth from his wickedness which he committed, and shall practise justice and righteousness; He hath saved his soul. ²⁸ He hath turned away from all his wicked acts which he committed; he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²⁹ Yet the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not straight. Is not my way straight, house of Israel? Is it not your way which is not straight? ³⁰ I will judge you, saith the Lord, house of Israel, every one according to his way. Be converted and turn from all your acts of wickedness, and they shall not bring upon you the punishment of iniquity. ³¹ Cast away from you all your impious acts; which you have impiously committed against me; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: now why do you die, house of Israel, ³² since I desire not the death of him who dieth? saith the Lord.