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As I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this mashal in Yisroel.

Behold, all nefashot are Mine; as the nefesh of the av, so also the nefesh of the ben is Mine; the nefesh that sinneth, it shall die.

But if an ish be tzaddik, and do that which is mishpat and tzedakah,

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“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb(A) in Israel. For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins(B) is the one who will die.(C)

“Suppose there is a righteous man
    who does what is just and right.

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