Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
Ezekiel 18:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But if this son has a son who sees all the sins that his father has done, considers, and does not do likewise, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if this wicked man begets a son who sees all the sins which his father has committed, and considers and fears [God] and does not do like his father, American Standard Version (1901) Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like; Common English Bible But suppose he has a child who sees all the sins that his father committed. He becomes alarmed and doesn’t do them. Catholic Public Domain Version But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father's sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if he beget a son who, seeing all his father's sins, which he hath done, is afraid and shall not do the like to them: |
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the way of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
“Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found, for the wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us is great, because our ancestors did not keep the word of the Lord, to act in accordance with all that is written in this book.”
The one who fathers a fool gets trouble; the parent of a fool has no joy.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. Now shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
Instead, we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials, used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. We used to have plenty of food and prospered and saw no misfortune.
I have given heed and listened, but they do not speak honestly; no one repents of wickedness, saying, “What have I done!” All of them turn to their own course like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.
who does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,
Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed, they shall surely live; they shall not die.
I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents, nor observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
But they do not consider that I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
Consider from this day on, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider:
You know that you were ransomed from the futile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold