Ezekiel 33:14-19

33:14 Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right. 33:15 He ¹  returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, ²  committing no iniquity. He will certainly live – he will not die. 33:16 None of the sins he has committed will be counted ³  against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

33:17 “Yet your people ⁴  say, ‘The behavior ⁵  of the Lord is not right,’ ⁶  when it is their behavior that is not right. 33:18 When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it. 33:19 When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

[33:15]  ¹ tn Heb “the wicked one.”

[33:15]  ² tn Heb “and in the statutes of life he walks.”

[33:16]  ¹ tn Heb “remembered.”

[33:17]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:17]  ² tn Heb “way.”

[33:17]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb translated “is (not) right” has the basic meaning of “to measure.” For a similar concept, see Ezek 18:25, 29.