Hello and welcome
to His Words Are Life
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we'll
be reading together in the book
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of Ezekiel, but
let's pray before we start.
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Dear heavenly Father, thank you
so much for a time to come apart
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and hear you speak to each one
of us through the words of your
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prophet Ezekiel. Please send
your Holy Spirit to show us more
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of yourself in these
words today. We love you so much
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and thank you
for loving us. Amen
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When we were last together
Ezekiel was describing how
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Israel was like this newborn
baby lying abandoned in a field
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covered with blood and God
came and looked at that baby and
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pronounced life. He said,
live. And that's the way we are.
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God comes to each of us and
pronounces that we will live.
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And if we follow him we will
live in joy and in his love and
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peace and perfection. Israel
strayed and we're going to
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continue to read about their
rebellion against God and find
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the lessons that he has for us
in our lives today in ways that
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we may be turning still from
the giver of life. We reading
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in Ezekiel 16 and
beginning with verse 57.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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Before thy wickedness was
discovered, as at the time of
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thy reproach of the daughters
of Syria, and all that are
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round about her, the daughters
of the Philistines, which
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despise thee round about. Thou
hast born thy lewdness and thine
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abominations, saith the Lord.
For thus saith the Lord God;
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I will even deal with thee
as thou hast done, which hast
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despised the oath in breaking
the covenant. Nevertheless I
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will remember my covenant with
thee in the days of thy youth,
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and I will establish unto thee
an everlasting covenant. Then
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thou shalt remember thy ways,
and be ashamed, when thou shalt
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receive thy sisters, thine elder
and thy younger: and I will give
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them unto thee for daughters,
but not by thy covenant. And I
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will establish my covenant with
thee; and thou shalt know that I
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am the Lord: that thou mayest
remember, and be confounded,
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and never open thy mouth any
more because of thy shame, when
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I am pacified toward thee for
all that thou hast done, saith
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the Lord God.
Continuing in Ezekiel chapter 17
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And the word of the Lord came
unto me, saying, son of man, put
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forth a riddle, and speak
a parable unto the house of
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Israel; and say, Thus saith
the Lord God; A great eagle with
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great wings, longwinged, full
of feathers, which had divers
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colors, came unto Lebanon, and
took the highest branch of the
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cedar: he cropped off the top
of his young twigs, and carried
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it into a land of traffick; he
set it in a city of merchants.
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He took also of the seed of
the land, and planted it in a
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fruitful field; he placed it
by great waters, and set it as a
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willow tree. And it grew, and
became a spreading vine of low
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stature, whose branches
turned toward him, and the roots
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thereof were under him: so it
became a vine, and brought forth
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branches, and shot forth sprigs.
There was also another great
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eagle with great wings and many
feathers: and behold, this vine
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did bend her roots toward
him, and shot forth her branches
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toward him, that he might
water it by the furrows of her
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plantation. It was planted in a
good soil by great waters, that
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it might bring forth branches,
and that it might bear fruit,
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that it might be a goodly vine.
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord
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God; Shall it prosper? shall he
not pull up the roots thereof,
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and cut off the fruit thereof,
that it wither? it shall wither
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in all the leaves of her spring,
even without great power or many
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people to pluck it up by
the roots thereof. Yea, behold,
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being planted, shall it prosper?
shall it not utterly wither,
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when the east wind toucheth it?
it shall wither in the furrows
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where it grew. Moreover the word
of the Lord came unto me, saying
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Say now to the rebellious house,
Know ye not what these things
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mean? tell them, Behold,
the king of Babylon is come to
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Jerusalem, and hath taken the
king thereof, and the princes
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thereof, and led them with him
to Babylon; and hath taken of
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the king's seed, and made
a covenant with him, and hath
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taken an oath of him: he hath
also taken the mighty of the
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land: that the kingdom might
be base, that it might not lift
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itself up, but that by keeping
of his covenant it might stand.
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But he rebelled against him
in sending his ambassadors into
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Egypt, that they might give him
horses and much people. Shall
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he prosper? shall he escape that
doeth such things? or shall he
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break the covenant, and be
delivered? As I live, saith the
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Lord God, surely in the place
where the king dwelleth that
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made him king, whose oath he
despised, and whose covenant he
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brake, even with him in the
midst of Babylon he shall die.
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Neither shall Pharaoh with his
mighty army and great company
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make for him in the war, by
casting up mounts, and building
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forts, to cut off many persons:
seeing he despised the oath by
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breaking the covenant, when, lo,
he had given his hand, and hath
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done all these things, he shall
not escape. Therefore thus saith
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the Lord God; As I live, surely
mine oath that he hath despised,
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and my covenant that he
hath broken, even it will
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I recompense upon his own head.
And I will spread my net upon
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him, and he shall be taken in
my snare, and I will bring him
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to Babylon, and will plead with
him there for his trespass that
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he hath trespassed against me.
And all his fugitives with all
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his bands shall fall by
the sword and they that remain
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shall be scattered toward all
winds: and ye shall know that
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I the Lord have spoken it.
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Thus saith the Lord
God; I will also take of
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the highest branch of the high
cedar, and will set it; I will
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crop off from the top of his
young twigs a tender one, and
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will plant it upon an high
mountain and eminent: in the
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mountain of the height of Israel
will I plant it: and it shall
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bring forth boughs, and bear
fruit, and be a goodly cedar:
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and under it shall dwell
all fowl of every wing; in the
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shadow of the branches
thereof shall they dwell.
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And all the trees of the field
shall know that I the Lord have
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brought down the high tree, have
exalted the low tree, have dried
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up the green tree, and have made
the dry tree to flourish: I the
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Lord have spoken
and have done it.
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Continuing to read
in Ezekiel chapter 18
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and this is the
King James Version.
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The word of the Lord came unto
me again, saying, what mean ye,
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that ye use this
proverb concerning the land of
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Israel, saying, The fathers
have eaten sour grapes, and the
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children's teeth are set on
edge? As I live, saith the Lord
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God, ye shall not have occasion
any more to use this proverb in
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Israel. Behold, all souls are
mine; as the soul of the father,
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so also the soul of the son is
mine: the soul that sinneth, it
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shall die. But if a man be just,
and do that which is lawful and
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right, and hath not eaten
upon the mountains, neither hath
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lifted up his eyes to the idols
of the house of Israel, neither
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hath defiled his neighbor's
wife, neither hath come near to
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a menstruous woman, and
hath not oppressed any, but hath
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restored to the debtor his
pledge, hath spoiled none by
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violence, hath given his bread
to the hungry, and hath covered
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the naked with a garment; He
that hath not given forth upon
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usury, neither hath taken any
increase, that hath withdrawn
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his hand from iniquity, hath
executed true judgment between
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man and man, hath walked in
my statutes, and hath kept my
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judgments, to deal truly; he
is just, he shall surely live,
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saith the Lord God. If he
beget a son that is a robber,
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a shedder of blood, and that
doeth the like to any one of
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these things, and that doeth not
any of those duties, but even
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hath eaten upon the mountains,
and defiled his neighbor's wife,
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hath oppressed the poor and
needy, hath spoiled by violence,
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hath not restored the pledge,
and hath lifted up his eyes to
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the idols, hath committed
abomination, hath given forth
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upon usury, and hath taken
increase: shall he then live? he
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shall not live; he hath done
all these abominations; he shall
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surely die; his blood shall be
upon him. Now, lo, if he beget
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a son, that seeth all his
father's sins which he hath
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done, and considereth, and
doeth not such like, that hath
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not eaten upon the mountains,
neither hath lifted up his eyes
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to the idols of the house
of Israel, hath not defiled his
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neighbor's wife, neither
hath oppressed any, hath not
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withholden the pledge, neither
hath spoiled by violence, but
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hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the
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naked with a garment, that hath
taken off his hand from the poor
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that hath not received usury
nor increase, hath executed my
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judgments, hath walked in my
statutes; he shall not die for
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the iniquity of his father,
he shall surely live. As for his
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father, because he cruelly
oppressed, spoiled his brother
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by violence, and did that which
is not good among his people,
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lo, even he shall die in
his iniquity. Yet say ye, Why?
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doth not the son bear the
iniquity of the father? When the
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son hath done that which is
lawful and right, and hath kept
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all my statutes, and hath
done them, he shall surely live.
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The soul that sinneth, it shall
die. The son shall not bear the
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iniquity of the father, neither
shall the father bear the
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iniquity of the son: the
righteousness of the righteous
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shall be upon him, and the
wickedness of the wicked shall
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be upon him. But if the wicked
will turn from all his sins that
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he hath committed, and keep all
my statutes, and do that which
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is lawful and right, he shall
surely live, he shall not die.
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All his transgressions that he
hath committed, they shall not
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be mentioned unto him: in his
righteousness that he hath done
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he shall live. Have I any
pleasure at all that the wicked
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should die? saith the Lord God:
and not that he should return
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from his ways, and live? But
when the righteous turneth away
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from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, and doeth
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according to all the
abominations that the
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wicked man doeth, shall he live?
All his righteousness that he
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hath done shall not be
mentioned: in his trespass
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that he hath trespassed, and in
his sin that he hath sinned, in
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them shall he die. Yet ye
say, The way of the Lord is not
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equal. Hear now, O house of
Israel; Is not my way equal?
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are not your ways unequal? When
a righteous man turneth away
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from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, and dieth
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in them; for his iniquity
that he hath done shall he die.
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Again, when the wicked
man turneth away from his
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wickedness that he hath
committed, and doeth that which
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is lawful and right, he shall
save his soul alive. Because he
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considereth, and turneth
away from all his transgressions
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that he hath committed, he shall
surely live, he shall not die.
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Yet saith the house of Israel,
The way of the Lord is not
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equal. O house of Israel, are
not my ways equal? are not your
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ways unequal? Therefore I will
judge you, O house of Israel,
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every one according to his ways,
saith the Lord God. Repent, and
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turn yourselves from all
your transgressions; so iniquity
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shall not be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your
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transgressions, whereby ye have
transgressed; and make you a new
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heart and a new spirit: for why
will ye die, O house of Israel?
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For I have no pleasure in the
death of him that dieth, saith
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the Lord God: wherefore
turn yourselves, and live ye.
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Continuing with
Ezekiel chapter 19.
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Moreover take thou up a
lamentation for the princes of
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Israel, and say, what is thy
mother? A lioness: she lay down
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among lions, she nourished
her whelps among young lions.
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And she brought up one of her
whelps: it became a young lion,
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and it learned to catch
the prey; it devoured men.
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The nations also heard of him;
he was taken in their pit, and
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they brought him with chains
unto the land of Egypt. Now when
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she way that she had waited,
and her hope was lost, then she
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took another of her whelps, and
made him a young lion. And he
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went up and down among the
lions, he became a young lion,
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and learned to catch the prey,
and devoured men. And he knew
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their desolate palaces, and he
laid waste their cities; and the
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land was desolate, and the
fulness thereof, by the noise
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of his roaring. Then the nations
set against him on every side
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from the provinces, and spread
their net over him: he was taken
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in their pit. And they put him
in ward in chains, and brought
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him to the king of Babylon: they
brought him into holds, that his
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voice should no more be heard
upon the mountains of Israel.
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