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16 None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
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None of the sins that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.
17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' But it is their way which is not fair!
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“Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.
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If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it.
19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.
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And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.
20 Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways."
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Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”
21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!"
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In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”
22 Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
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Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the LORD was on me, and he opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.
23 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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Then the word of the LORD came to me:
24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.'
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“Son of man, the people living in those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as our possession.’
25 Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
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Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you eat meat with the blood still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?
26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another's wives. Should you then possess the land?" '
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You rely on your sword, you do detestable things, and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’
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