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I will divide all his helpers and all his army who are around him to the four winds and have the sword follow them.

You have made My good people sad because of your lies whom I did not want to hurt. But you have helped the sinful man, so that he does not turn from his sinful way and save his life.

So speak to them and tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "Every man of Israel who has given his heart to false gods and lets them lead him into sin and then comes to the man of God, I the Lord will answer him, the answer that his many false gods should get,

If a man of Israel or a stranger living in Israel who turns away from Me and gives his heart to false gods, and worships them, and if he then comes to the man of God to get answers from Me, I the Lord will answer him Myself.

so that the nation would be under his power and not become strong again. It could only last by keeping his agreement.

But the king of Judah turned against him by sending his men to Egypt to get horses and a large army for him. Will it go well for him? Can he get away with that? Can he break the agreement and not be punished?

Pharaoh with his powerful army of many men will not help him in the war, when battle-walls are put up so that many people are killed.

He hated the promise and broke the agreement. Because he had given his promise and then did all these things, he will not get away from being punished.'"

And all the best of his soldiers will be killed by the sword, and those left alive will be thrown to the wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken."

he does not eat at the altars on the mountains or look up to the false gods of Israel. He does not sin with his neighbor's wife or go near a woman during the time she is unclean.

He does not make it hard for anyone. He keeps his promise to pay back what he owes. He does not steal, but gives his bread to the hungry, and gives clothing to those who have none.

that the father never did. He eats at the altars on the mountains, and sins with his neighbor's wife.

He makes it hard for the poor and those in need, and he steals. He does not keep his promise to pay back what he owes. He looks up to false gods, and does sinful acts.

And he makes people pay back more than they owe him. Will this man live? He will not live! He has done all these sinful acts, and for sure he will die. He will be guilty for his own death.

"Now this man may have a son who has seen all the sins his father has done, but does not do the same.

He does not eat at the altars on the mountains or look to the false gods of Israel. He does not sin with his neighbor's wife,

or make it hard for anyone. He does not keep what another man has given him in trust for a promise. He does not steal, but he gives his bread to the hungry and clothing to those who have none.

He keeps away from sin. He does not make a person pay back more than he owes him. But he walks in My Laws and obeys them. This man will not die for his father's sin. He will live for sure.

As for his father, because he used his power to rob his brother, and did what was wrong among his people, he will die for his sin.

The person who sins will die. The son will not be punished for the father's sin. And the father will not be punished for the son's sin. The right and good man will receive good, and the sinful man will suffer for his sin.