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12 And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. 13 When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but [a]in his iniquity that he hath committed, [b]therein shall he die. 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 15 if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

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  1. Ezekiel 33:13 Or, for
  2. Ezekiel 33:13 Or, for it

12 “So[a] you, son of man,[b] say to your people[c] that the righteousness of the righteous shall not save him in the day of his transgression, and the wickedness of the wicked will not cause him to stumble[d] on the day of his returning from his wickedness; and the righteous will not be able to live by it on the day when he returns to his sin. 13 When I say to the righteous, ‘Certainly he will live,’ and he trusted in[e] his righteousness, and he turns and he does injustice, all of his righteousness[f] will not be remembered, and because of his injustice that he did, because of it he will die. 14 And when I say to the wicked, ‘Certainly you will die,’ but[g] he returns from his sin and he does justice and righteousness— 15 for example, the wicked returns a pledge for a loan, he restores stolen property,[h] he goes in the statutes of life so as not to do injustice—certainly he will live; he will not die. 16 All of his sins that he committed,[i] they will not be remembered against[j] him, and he did justice and righteousness; certainly he will live.

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  1. Ezekiel 33:12 Or “And”
  2. Ezekiel 33:12 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  3. Ezekiel 33:12 Literally “the children of your people”
  4. Ezekiel 33:12 Literally “not he will stumbled by it”
  5. Ezekiel 33:13 Or “on”
  6. Ezekiel 33:13 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  7. Ezekiel 33:14 Or “and”
  8. Ezekiel 33:15 Literally “robbed/stolen items
  9. Ezekiel 33:16 Literally “sins that he sinned”
  10. Ezekiel 33:16 Or “for”