Ezekiel 33:19

19 And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and he does justice and righteousness, because of it {he will certainly live}!

Ezekiel 33:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:19

But if the wicked turn from his wickedness
(See Gill on Ezekiel 18:27).

Ezekiel 33:19 In-Context

17 "Yet {your people} say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' [yet] their way is not fair.

18 When [the] righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, then he will die {because of it}.

19 And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and he does justice and righteousness, because of it {he will certainly live}!

20 Yet you said, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' I will judge you, house of Israel, each [person] according to his ways."

21 {And then} it was in {the twelfth} year, in the tenth [month], on the fifth [day] of the month of our exile, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, {saying}, "The city was destroyed!"

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "them"
• [b] Literally "he, he will live"