Ezekiel 18:30-32
English Standard Version
30 “Therefore (A)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. (B)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, (C)lest iniquity be your ruin.[a] 31 (D)Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and (E)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! (F)Why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 (G)For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; (H)so turn, and live.”
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- Ezekiel 18:30 Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
Ezekiel 18:30-32
New English Translation
30 “Therefore, I will judge each person according to his conduct,[a] O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent[b] and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.[c] 31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit![d] Why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I take no delight in the death of anyone,[e] declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
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- Ezekiel 18:30 tn Heb “ways.”
- Ezekiel 18:30 tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.
- Ezekiel 18:30 tn Or “leading to punishment.”
- Ezekiel 18:31 sn In Ezek 11:19 and 36:26 the new heart and new spirit are promised as future blessings.
- Ezekiel 18:32 tn Heb “the death of the one dying.”
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