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Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
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When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, for that he shall even die.
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But if the wicked shall turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, for that he shall live.
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Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
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And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is smitten.