Text -- Ezekiel 18:25-32 (NET)

18:25 “Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust? 18:26 When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die. 18:27 When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life. 18:28 Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die. 18:29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust? 18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. 18:31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel? 18:32 For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 18:25

¹ tn Heb “way.”

NET Notes: Eze 18:26

¹ tn Heb “for them” or “because of them.”

NET Notes: Eze 18:28

¹ tn Heb “he saw.”

NET Notes: Eze 18:30

¹ tn Heb “ways.”

² tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

³ tn Or “leading to punishment.”

NET Notes: Eze 18:31

¹ sn In Ezek 11:19, 36:26 the new heart and new spirit are promised as future blessings.

NET Notes: Eze 18:32

¹ tn Heb “the death of the one dying.”