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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Eagles and a Vine</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become a splendid vine.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It has been planted, but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it&#8212;wither away in the plot where it grew?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to this rebellious people, &#8216;Do you not know what these things mean?&#8217; Say to them: &#8216;The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the king rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pharaoh with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the trees of the forest will know that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.17.24"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken, and I will do it.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The One Who Sins Will Die</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The parents eat sour grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">and the children&#8217;s teeth are set on edge&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child&#8212;both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose there is a righteous man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="content">who does what is just and right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He does not eat at the mountain shrines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">or look to the idols of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">He does not defile his neighbor&#8217;s wife</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He does not oppress anyone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">but returns what he took in pledge for a loan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">He does not commit robbery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">but gives his food to the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">and provides clothing for the naked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He does not lend to them at interest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">or take a profit from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">He withholds his hand from doing wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">and judges fairly between two parties.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He follows my decrees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">and faithfully keeps my laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">That man is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">he will surely live,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">things to a brother</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">(though the father has done none of them):</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">&#8220;He eats at the mountain shrines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">He defiles his neighbor&#8217;s wife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He oppresses the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He commits robbery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He does not return what he took in pledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He looks to the idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He does detestable things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He lends at interest and takes a profit.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="content">Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;He does not eat at the mountain shrines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">or look to the idols of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">He does not defile his neighbor&#8217;s wife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He does not oppress anyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">or require a pledge for a loan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">He does not commit robbery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">but gives his food to the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">and provides clothing for the naked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">and takes no interest or profit from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">He keeps my laws and follows my decrees.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">He will not die for his father&#8217;s sin; he will surely live. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you ask, &#8216;Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?&#8217; Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.18.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you say, &#8216;The way of the Lord is not just.&#8217; Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Yet the Israelites say, &#8216;The way of the Lord is not just.&#8217; Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.18.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Repent and live!</span></span></div>
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