33:10 “And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have said: “Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, 1 and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”’ 33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior 2 and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! 3 Why should you die, O house of Israel?’
33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, 4 ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. 5 As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. 6 The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness 7 if he sins.’ 8
1 tn Heb “(are) upon us.”
2 tn Heb “turn from his way.”
3 tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.
3 tn Heb “the sons of your people.”
4 tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.
5 tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”
6 tn Heb “by it.”
7 tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”