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30 “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each one[a] according to his ways,” declares[b] the Lord Yahweh. “Repent[c] and turn around from all of your transgression, and it will not be as a stumbling block of iniquity to you. 31 Throw away from yourselves[d] all of your transgressions that you committed,[e] and make for yourselves[f] a new heart and new spirit, and so why will you die, house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying,” declares[g] the Lord Yahweh. “And so repent[h] and live!”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:30 Hebrew “man”
  2. Ezekiel 18:30 Literally “declaration of”
  3. Ezekiel 18:30 Or “Turn/Return”
  4. Ezekiel 18:31 Literally “from on you”
  5. Ezekiel 18:31 Hebrew “committed with them”
  6. Ezekiel 18:31 Literally “to you”
  7. Ezekiel 18:32 Literally “declaration of”
  8. Ezekiel 18:32 Or “turn/return”

30 Therefore, I will judge each of you according to your ways, house of Israel. This is what the Lord God says. Turn, turn away from all your sins. Don’t let them be sinful obstacles for you. 31 Abandon all of your repeated sins. Make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel? 32 I most certainly don’t want anyone to die! This is what the Lord God says. Change your ways, and live!

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