1. `And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
2. `What--to you, ye--using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?
3. I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Ye have no more the use of this simile in Israel.
4. Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son--they are Mine, The soul that is sinning--it doth die.
5. And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,