19 But if the wicked return from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal, O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

21 Also in the twelfth year of our [a]captivity, in the tenth month, and in the fifth day of the month, one that had escaped out of Jerusalem, came unto me, and said, The city is smitten.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:21 When the Prophet was led away captive with Jeconiah.

19 And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.(A) 20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”(B)

Jerusalem’s Fall Explained

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(C) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(D)

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