Becausehe has despisedthe wordof the LORDand has brokenHis commandment,that personshall be completelycutoff;his guilt[will be] on him.'"
Whyhave you despisedthe wordof the LORDby doingevilin His sight?You have struckdownUriahthe Hittitewith the sword,have takenhis wifeto be your wife,and have killedhim with the swordof the sonsof Ammon.
Becausethey had rebelledagainst the wordsof GodAnd spurnedthe counselof the MostHigh.
It is timefor the LORDto act,[For] they have brokenYour law.
For my iniquitiesare goneovermy head;As a heavyburdenthey weightoomuchfor me.
Whoevershall mix[any] likeit or whoeverputsanyof it on a laymanshall be cutofffrom his people.'"
The one who despisesthe wordwill be in debtto it, But the one who fearsthe commandmentwill be rewarded.
Thereforethussaysthe HolyOneof Israel,"Sinceyou have rejectedthiswordAnd have putyour trustin oppressionand guile,and have reliedon them,
Allof us like sheephave goneastray,Eachof us has turnedto his own way;But the LORDhas caused the iniquityof us allTo fallon Him.
"The personwho sinswill die.The sonwill not bearthe punishmentfor the father'siniquity,norwill the fatherbearthe punishmentfor the son'siniquity;the righteousnessof the righteouswill be upon himself, and the wickednessof the wickedwill be upon himself.
if,instead, you rejectMy statutes,and ifyour soulabhorsMy ordinancesso as not to carryout allMy commandments,[and] so breakMy covenant,
For the landwill be abandonedby them, and will makeup for its sabbathswhile it is madedesolatewithoutthem. They, meanwhile, will be makingamendsfor their iniquity,becausethey rejectedMy ordinancesand their soulabhorredMy statutes.
Now ifa personsinsafter he hearsa publicadjuration[to testify] when he is a witness,whetherhe has seenor[otherwise] known,ifhe does not tell[it], then he will bearhis guilt.
But the manwhois cleanand is not on a journey,and yet neglectsto observethe Passover,that personshall then be cutofffrom his people,for he did not presentthe offeringof the LORDat its appointedtime.That manwill bearhis sin.
"The manwhoactspresumptuouslyby not listeningto the priestwho standsthereto servethe LORDyour God,norto the judge,that manshall die;thus you shall purgethe evilfrom Israel.
So,he who rejects[this] is not rejectingmanbut the Godwho givesHis HolySpiritto you.
and He Himselfboreour sinsin His bodyon the cross,sothat we might dieto sinand liveto righteousness;for by His woundsyou were healed.
For it would be betterfor them not to have knownthe wayof righteousness,thanhaving knownit, to turn awayfrom the holycommandmenthandedon to them.
"ThereforeI have swornto the houseof Elithat the iniquityof Eli'shouseshall not be atonedfor by sacrificeor offeringforever."
