21 “But if the (A)wicked person turns from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die. 22 (B)All his offenses which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his (C)righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. 23 (D)Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “[a]rather than that he would (E)turn from his ways and live?

24 “But when a righteous person (F)turns away from his righteousness, commits injustice and does according to all the abominations that the wicked person does, will he live? (G)All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his (H)treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

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  1. Ezekiel 18:23 Lit is it not

21 But if the wicked returns from all of his sins[a] that he has done and he keeps all of my statutes and he does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die! 22 All of his transgressions that he committed will not be remembered against[b] him. Through[c] his righteousness that he has done he shall live. 23 Have I delight by any means[d] in the death of the wicked, declares[e] the Lord Yahweh, and not at his turning from his way, so that[f] he lives? 24 And when the righteous turns[g] from his righteousness, so that[h] he does injustice, and does all of the detestable things that the wicked do, then[i] will he live because of all of his righteousness[j] that he did? Those things will not be remembered because of his infidelity that he displayed, and because of his sin that he committed.[k] Through[l] them he shall die.

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  1. Ezekiel 18:21 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  2. Ezekiel 18:22 Or “for”
  3. Ezekiel 18:22 Or “By means of”
  4. Ezekiel 18:23 Or “in any way”
  5. Ezekiel 18:23 Literally “declaration of”
  6. Ezekiel 18:23 Literally “and”
  7. Ezekiel 18:24 Literally “at turning of the righteous”
  8. Ezekiel 18:24 Literally “and”
  9. Ezekiel 18:24 Or “and”
  10. Ezekiel 18:24 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  11. Ezekiel 18:24 Literally “sin that he sinned”
  12. Ezekiel 18:24 Or “in/by”