Ezequiel 33:15

15 si el impío devuelve la prenda, restituye lo que ha robado, anda en los preceptos de vida sin cometer iniquidad, ciertamente vivirá, no morirá.

Ezequiel 33:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:15

If the wicked restore the pledge
His neighbour's raiment, which he has taken as a pledge for money lent him; and which, according to the law, was to be restored before sunset, ( Exodus 22:26 Exodus 22:27 ) which wicked men did not attend unto; but when such a man is brought to a sense of his wickedness, and repentance for it, as an evidence of it he would restore the pledge: and give again that he had robbed;
to him whom he had robbed; as a thief was obliged to do, four or five fold, according to the law, ( Exodus 22:1 ) , and which, when a man did voluntarily, from the convictions of his own mind, and not by force of the civil magistrate, it was a sign of true repentance; see ( Luke 19:8 ) : and walk in the statutes of life;
the rule of life and conversation, and to the keeping of which the promise of long life is annexed; and which preserve persons from dying a shameful death by the hand of the civil magistrate; statutes, which, if a man do, he shall live in them; see ( Ezekiel 20:11 ) : without committing iniquity;
not living entirely without sin, which the best of men do not; but without committing grosser sins, as before; and without making a trade of sinning, and living in it: he shall surely live, he shall not die;
he shall live comfortably now, and happily hereafter; he shall live a spiritual life, and not die the second death.

Ezequiel 33:15 In-Context

13 Cuando yo diga al justo que ciertamente vivirá, si él confía tanto en su justicia que hace iniquidad, ninguna de sus obras justas le será recordada, sino que por la misma iniquidad que cometió morirá.

14 Pero cuando yo diga al impío: "Ciertamente morirás", si él se aparta de su pecado y practica el derecho y la justicia,

15 si el impío devuelve la prenda, restituye lo que ha robado, anda en los preceptos de vida sin cometer iniquidad, ciertamente vivirá, no morirá.

16 Ninguno de los pecados que ha cometido le será recordado. El ha practicado el derecho y la justicia; ciertamente vivirá.

17 Pero los hijos de tu pueblo dicen: "No es recto el camino del Señor", pero es su propio camino el que no es recto.