26. A good person might stop doing good. He might do wrong and die because of it. He will die because he did wrong.
27. An evil person might stop doing the evil things he has done. And he might do what is fair and right. He will save his life.
28. He thought about it and stopped doing all the sins he had done. He will surely live. He will not die.
29. But the people of Israel still say, ‘What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ People of Israel, I am fair. It is what you do that is not fair.
30. “So I will judge you, people of Israel. I will judge each person by what he does, says the Lord God. Change your hearts. Stop all your sinning. Then sin will not bring your ruin.
31. Get rid of all the sins you have done. And get for yourselves a new heart and a new way to think. Why do you want to die, people of Israel?
32. I do not want anyone to die. So change your hearts and lives so you may live.