16. None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17. Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
18. When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.
19. When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
20. Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.
21. In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city has been struck.
22. Now Yahweh’s hand had been on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.
23. Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
24. Son of man, they who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
25. Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land?
26. You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife: and shall you possess the land?