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19 And when the wicked turn from their wickedness and do what is lawful and right, they shall live by it.[a] 20 Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not just.” O house of Israel, I will judge all of you according to your ways!(A)

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, someone who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 33.19 Heb them

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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