Ezekiel 18:25-29

New International Version

²⁵“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’^(A) Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust?^(B) Is it not your ways that are unjust? ²⁶If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die. ²⁷But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.^(C) ²⁸Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.^(D) ²⁹Yet the Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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Ezekiel 18:25-29

International Standard Version

Accusing God of Unrighteousness

²⁵“Yet you keep saying, ‘The Lord isn’t being consistent with his standards.’ Pay attention, you house of Israel: Is my behavior really inconsistent with my standards? Isn’t it your behavior that isn’t just?

²⁶“When a righteous person turns from his righteous deeds and does evil, he’ll die because of that evil. He’ll die because of his unrighteous acts that he committed. ²⁷When a wicked person quits^[a] his wicked behavior^[b] and does what’s just and right, he’ll be enabled to live.^[c] ²⁸Because he reconsidered his transgression and turned away from everything that he had been doing, he’ll certainly live and not die. ²⁹Yet Israel’s house keeps saying, ‘The Lord isn’t being consistent with his standards.’ Is it my behavior that’s inconsistent with my standards?^[d] Is it not your behavior that’s inconsistent with my standards?”^[e]