19. When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live thereby.
20. Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” 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 defeated!”
22. Now the Lord’s hand had been on me in the evening, before he who had 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 longer mute.
23. the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
24. “Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in Eretz-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 GOD: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land?