²² Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies,^(A) when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,^(B)

¹⁶ those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(A)”’

⁴ and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem^(A) and put a mark^(B) on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament^(C) over all the detestable things that are done in it.^(D)”

¹⁸ For they mouth empty, boastful words^(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping^(B) from those who live in error. ¹⁹ They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”^(C)

¹⁴ And if I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just^(A) and right— ¹⁵ if they give back what they took in pledge^(B) for a loan, return what they have stolen,^(C) follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil—that person will surely live; they will not die.^{(D) 16} None of the sins^(E) that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.^(F)

²¹ “But if^(A) a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees^(B) and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.^(C)