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"But your people say: The Lord's way isn't fair, even though it is their own way that isn't fair.
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When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die on account of this.
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But when a wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
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Yet you say: The Lord's way isn't fair. I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel."
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In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth [month], on the fifth [day] of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, "The city has been taken!"