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"Now your people say, 'Adonai's way isn't fair!' But it is their way, theirs, that isn't fair!
18
When the righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits wickedness, he will die because of it.
19
And when the wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he will live because of it.
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Yet you say, 'Adonai's way isn't fair!' House of Isra'el, I will judge each of you according to his ways."
21
In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Yerushalayim came to me with the news, "The city has been struck."
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.