19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. 20 Yet you say, (A)‘The way of the Lord is not [a]fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.”

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year (B)of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, (C)that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, (D)“The city has been [b]captured!”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:20 Or equitable
  2. Ezekiel 33:21 Lit. struck down

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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