18. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die by it.
19. But if the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live by them.
20. Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not right.” O house of Israel, I will judge you, every one according to his ways.
21. In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city is taken.”
22. Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, before those who escaped came. And He opened my mouth at the time they came to me in the morning. Therefore my mouth was opened and I was speechless no more.