house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbours wife,
16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment.
17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury, nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not dye for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
18 As for his father, because he cruelly op∣pressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
19 Yet, say ye, why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it 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 upon him, and the wickedness of the wick∣ed shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mention'd unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done, he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his wayes, and live?
24 But when the righteous tur∣neth away from his righteousness, and com∣mitteth iniquity, and doth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespasses that he hath trespassed, and in the sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.