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13 When I say to the righteous, ‘Certainly he will live,’ and he trusted in[a] his righteousness, and he turns and he does injustice, all of his righteousness[b] will not be remembered, and because of his injustice that he did, because of it he will die. 14 And when I say to the wicked, ‘Certainly you will die,’ but[c] he returns from his sin and he does justice and righteousness— 15 for example, the wicked returns a pledge for a loan, he restores stolen property,[d] he goes in the statutes of life so as not to do injustice—certainly he will live; he will not die.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:13 Or “on”
  2. Ezekiel 33:13 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  3. Ezekiel 33:14 Or “and”
  4. Ezekiel 33:15 Literally “robbed/stolen items

13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.(A) 14 And if I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just(B) and right— 15 if they give back what they took in pledge(C) for a loan, return what they have stolen,(D) follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil—that person will surely live; they will not die.(E)

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