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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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"What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers eat the sour grapes, But the children's teeth are set on edge '?
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"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "you are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore.
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"Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.
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"But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,
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and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period -
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