(though the father did not do any of them).<n id="1" /> He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains,<n id="2" /> defiles his neighbor&#8217;s wife,

As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

I also gave them my Sabbaths<n id="1" /> as a reminder of our relationship,<n id="2" /> so that they would know that I, the <sc>Lord,sc> sanctify them.<n id="3" />

I did this<n id="1" /> because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.<n id="2" />

I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt<n id="1" /> against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore<n id="1" /> to give to your fathers.

Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

Then everyone will know that I am the <sc>Lord,sc> who drew my sword from its sheath &#8211; it will not be sheathed again!&#8217;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more?<n id="1" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">You will become fuel for the fire &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">your blood will stain the middle of the land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will no longer be remembered,p> <p class="poetry">for I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have spoken.&#8217;&#8221;p>

As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have poured out my anger on you.&#8217;&#8221;p>

She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look here,<n id="1" /> I am about to deliver you over to<n id="2" /> those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.

You will drain it dry,<n id="1" /> gnaw its pieces,<n id="2" /> and tear out your breasts,<n id="3" /> for I have spoken, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me,<n id="1" /> they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out.<n id="1" /> For them you bathed,<n id="2" /> painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.

But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed,<n id="1" /> because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.p>

<p class="poetry">For her blood was in it;p> <p class="poetry">she poured it on an exposed rock;p> <p class="poetry">she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.p>

Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;p>