Ezekiel 33:10-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁰ “Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have ^[a]said: “Surely our offenses and our sins are upon us, and we are ^(A)rotting away in them; ^(B)how then can we ^[b]survive?”’ ¹¹ Say to them, ‘^(C)As I live!’ declares the Lord ^[c]God, ‘I take ^(D)no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked ^(E)turn from his way and live. ^(F)Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’ ¹² And you, son of man, say to ^[d]your fellow citizens, ‘The ^(G)righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will ^(H)not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live ^[e]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’ ¹³ When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he ^(I)commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die. ¹⁴ But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he ^(J)turns from his sin and practices ^(K)justice and righteousness, ¹⁵ if a wicked person returns a pledge, ^(L)pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the ^(M)statutes ^[f]which ensure life without committing injustice, he shall certainly live; he shall not die. ^16 (N)None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall certainly live.

¹⁷ “Yet ^[g]your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right. ¹⁸ When the righteous turns from his righteousness and ^(O)commits injustice, then he shall die in ^[h]it. ¹⁹ But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, he will live by them. ²⁰ Yet you say, ‘^(P)The way of the Lord is not right.’ I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.”