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15 For example, ·they [L the wicked one] may ·return what somebody gave them as a promise to repay a loan [restore the pledge], or pay back what they stole. If they live by the ·rules [statutes] that give life and do not ·sin [do evil; practice iniquity], then they will surely live, and they will not die. 16 None of the sins they have committed will be ·held [L remembered] against them. They now do what is right and ·fair [just], so they will surely live.

17 “Your people say: ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their own ways that are not ·fair [just].

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15 if they give back what they took in pledge(A) for a loan, return what they have stolen,(B) follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil—that person will surely live; they will not die.(C) 16 None of the sins(D) that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.(E)

17 “Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

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