Ezekiel 33:8

33:8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ ¹  and you do not warn ²  the wicked about his behavior, ³  the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 18:23

18:23 Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?

Ezekiel 18:27

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.

Ezekiel 33:19

33:19 When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

Ezekiel 3:18-19

3:18 When I say to the wicked, “You will certainly die,” ⁵  and you do not warn him – you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live – that wicked person will die for his iniquity, ⁶  but I will hold you accountable for his death. ⁷  3:19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 7:11

7:11 Violence ⁹  has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left ¹⁰  – not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 13:22

13:22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.

Ezekiel 21:25

21:25 “‘As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, ¹² 

whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

Ezekiel 33:9

33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, ¹³  and he refuses to change, ¹⁴  he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Ezekiel 33:15

33:15 He ¹⁵  returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, ¹⁶  committing no iniquity. He will certainly live – he will not die.

Ezekiel 18:20

18:20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer ¹⁷  for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer ¹⁸  for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness. ¹⁹ 

Ezekiel 33:11

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 ²⁰  and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! ²¹  Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

[33:8]  ¹ tn The same expression occurs in Gen 2:17.

[33:8]  ² tn Heb “and you do not speak to warn.”

[33:8]  ³ tn Heb “way.”

[33:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his blood from your hand I will seek.”

[3:18]  ⁵ sn Even though the infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the warning, the warning is still implicitly conditional, as the following context makes clear.

[3:18]  ⁶ tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and v. 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

[3:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “his blood I will seek from your hand.” The expression “seek blood from the hand” is equivalent to requiring the death penalty (2 Sam 4:11-12).

[3:19]  ⁹ tn Verses 17-19 are repeated in Ezek 33:7-9.

[7:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “the violence.”

[7:11]  ¹⁴ tc The LXX reads “he will crush the wicked rod without confusion or haste.”

[7:11]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[21:25]  ¹⁷ tn This probably refers to King Zedekiah.

[33:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”

[33:9]  ²² tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”

[33:15]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the wicked one.”

[33:15]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and in the statutes of life he walks.”

[18:20]  ²⁹ tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[18:20]  ³⁰ tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[18:20]  ³¹ tn Heb “the righteousness of the righteous one will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked one will be upon him.”

[33:11]  ³³ tn Heb “turn from his way.”

[33:11]  ³⁴ tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.