Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Ezekiel 18:1-6 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. The Lord said:

2. Ezekiel, I hear the people of Israel using the old saying,“Sour grapes eaten by parentsleave a sour taste in the mouthsof their children.”

3. Now tell them that I am the Lord God, and as surely as I live, that saying will no longer be used in Israel.

4. The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. Only those who sin will be put to death.

5. Suppose there is a truly good man who always does what is fair and right.

6. He refuses to eat meat sacrificed to foreign gods at local shrines or to worship Israel's idols. He doesn't have sex with someone else's wife or with a woman having her monthly period.