28. Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
29. Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?
30. “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity will not be your ruin.
31. Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
32. For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!