None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

And everyone will see that I, the Lord, have burned it; it will not be extinguished.’”

I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.

None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.”

You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.

“‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.

Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!”

And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

“But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.

I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.

Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me!

O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!

They will not remain in the Lord’s land. Ephraim will return to Egypt; they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.

My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations.