Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!<n id="1" /> Why should you die, O house of Israel?

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> I am aware of<n id="2" /> your many rebellious acts<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and your numerous sins.p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="4" /> torment the innocent, you take bribes,p> <p class="poetry">and you deny justice to<n id="5" /> the needy at the city gate.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct,<n id="1" /> O house of Israel, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>. Repent<n id="2" /> and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;Because you have brought up<n id="1" /> your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force.<n id="2" />p>