Far be it from thee that thou do this thing, and slay the just [or rightwise] with the wicked, and that a just [or rightwise] man be made as a wicked man; this is not thine that deemest all [the] earth; thou shalt not make this doom.
In that day the Lord shall visit in his hard sword, and great, and strong, on leviathan, serpent, a bar [or a lever], and on leviathan, the crooked serpent; and he shall slay the whale, which is in the sea.
Therefore, thou house of Israel, I shall deem each man by his ways, saith the Lord God. Turn ye altogether, and do ye penance for all your wickednesses, and wickedness shall not be to you into falling.
And he shall be as counselling in a vain god’s answer before the eyes of them, and serving on the rest of sabbaths; but he shall have mind on their wickedness, to take them.
say thou to them, I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked man, but that the wicked man be converted from his ways, and live; be ye converted from your worst ways, and why shall ye die, the house of Israel?
If I shall whet my sword as lightning, and mine hand shall take doom, I shall yield vengeance to mine enemies, and I shall requite to them that hate me.