(A)If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, (B)and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, (C)that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.

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When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,(A)’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(B)

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  1. Ezekiel 33:8 Or in; also in verse 9

26 Therefore (A)I testify to you this day that (B)I am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for (C)I did not shrink from declaring to you (D)the whole counsel of God.

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26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.(A) 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(B)

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(A)But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, (B)that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

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But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’(A)

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14 Again, (A)though I say to the wicked, (B)‘You shall surely die,’ yet (C)if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right,

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14 And if I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just(A) and right—

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Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: (A)the soul who sins shall die.

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For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins(A) is the one who will die.(B)

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20 (A)The soul who sins shall die. (B)The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. (C)The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, (D)and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

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20 The one who sins is the one who will die.(A) 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.(B)

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18 As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, (A)behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

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18 But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.

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11 They have healed (A)the wound of my people lightly,
    saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
    when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
    No, (B)they were not at all ashamed;
    they did not know how to blush.
(C)Therefore they shall fall among the fallen;
    when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,
says the Lord.
13 When I would gather them, declares the Lord,
    there are (D)no grapes on the vine,
    (E)nor figs on the fig tree;
(F)even the leaves are withered,
    and what I gave them has passed away from them.”[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

11 They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.(A)
12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame(B) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,(C)
says the Lord.(D)

13 “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.(E)
There will be no figs(F) on the tree,
    and their leaves will wither.(G)
What I have given them
    will be taken(H) from them.[a]’”

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  1. Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

11 (A)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

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11 Woe to the wicked!(A)
    Disaster(B) is upon them!
They will be paid back(C)
    for what their hands have done.(D)

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21 (A)Be assured, (B)an evil person will not go unpunished,
    but (C)the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

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21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will go free.(A)

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(A)But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

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“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.(A)

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10 “If he fathers a son who is violent, (A)a shedder of blood, who does any of these things 11 (though he himself did none of these things), (B)who even eats upon the mountains, (C)defiles his neighbor's wife, 12 oppresses the poor and needy, (D)commits robbery, (E)does not restore the pledge, (F)lifts up his eyes to the idols, (G)commits abomination, 13 (H)lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; (I)his blood shall be upon himself.

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10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood(A) or does any of these other things[a] 11 (though the father has done none of them):

“He eats at the mountain shrines.(B)
He defiles his neighbor’s wife.
12 He oppresses the poor(C) and needy.
He commits robbery.
He does not return what he took in pledge.(D)
He looks to the idols.
He does detestable things.(E)
13 He lends at interest and takes a profit.(F)

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.(G)

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  1. Ezekiel 18:10 Or things to a brother

My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, (A)nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, (B)nor shall they enter the land of Israel. (C)And you shall know that I am the Lord God. 10 Precisely because they have misled my people, (D)saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, (E)these prophets smear it with whitewash,[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 13:10 Or plaster; also verses 11, 14, 15

My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying(A) divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records(B) of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(C)

10 “‘Because they lead my people astray,(D) saying, “Peace,”(E) when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,(F)

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