But the wicked one, if he will turn from all his sins which he has done, and keep all My statutes, and do justice and righteousness, living he shall live; he shall not die.
Perhaps they will listen, and each man turn from his evil way, and I may repent of the evil which I plan to do to them because of the evil of their doings.
Because you have saddened the heart of the righteous one with lies, and I have not pained him, and you have made the hands of the wicked one strong, so that he should not turn from his evil way, to keep him alive.
has held back his hand off the poor, and has not received interest and increase. He has done My judgments, has walked in My statutes. He shall not die for the iniquity of his father, living he shall live.
Yet you say, Why? Does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done judgment and righteousness, he has kept all My statutes and has done them, living he shall live.
I will judge you, each man by his ways, O house of Israel, a statement of the Lord Jehovah. Turn and be made to turn back from all your transgressions, and iniquity shall not be a stumbling-block to you.
But you, because you warned him, the righteous one, so that the righteous one, should not sin, and he does not sin, living he shall live because he is warned. And you have delivered your soul.
And I will put My Spirit within you, and I have done that which is in My statutes for you to walk in them, and you shall keep My judgments and do them.
So, O king, let my counsel be pleasing to you: Even break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by pitying the humble one, whether there will be duration to your prosperity.