2 “What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are blunted’?
3 “As I live,” declares the Master יהוה, “you shall no longer use this proverb in Yisra’ĕl.
4 “See, all beings are Mine, the being of the father as well as the being of the son is Mine. The being that is sinning shall die.
5 “But if a man is righteous and shall do right-ruling and righteousness,
6 if he has not eaten on the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Yisra’ĕl, nor defiled his neighbour’s wife, nor comes near a woman during her uncleanness,
7 if he does not oppress anyone, does return to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, does give his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
8 if he does not lend on interest or take increase, turns back his hand from unrighteousness, executes right-ruling in truth between man and man,