^21 (A)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does ^(B)what is just and right, ^(C)he shall surely live; he shall not die.

¹⁹ And ^(A)when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this.

^22 (A)Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and ^(B)you have encouraged the wicked, that ^(C)he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,

¹¹ Say to them, ^(A)As I live, declares the Lord God, ^(B)I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; ^(C)turn back, turn back from your evil ways, ^(D)for why will you die, O house of Israel?

^12 (E)“And you, son of man, say to ^(F)your people, ^(G)The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, ^(H)and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, ^(I)and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness^[a] when he sins.