1 The Lord said:
2 Ezekiel, I hear the people of Israel using the old saying,“Sour grapes eaten by parentsleave a sour taste in the mouthsof their children.”
3 Now tell them that I am the Lord God, and as surely as I live, that saying will no longer be used in Israel.
4 The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. Only those who sin will be put to death.
5 Suppose there is a truly good man who always does what is fair and right.
6 He refuses to eat meat sacrificed to foreign gods at local shrines or to worship Israel's idols. He doesn't have sex with someone else's wife or with a woman having her monthly period.
7 He never cheats or robs anyone and always returns anything taken as security for a loan; he gives food and clothes to the poor