Yet ye say, the way of the Lord is not equal Still obstinately persisting in their false charges, notwithstanding plain proofs to the contrary: O ye house of Israel, I will judge you everyone after his ways; (See Gill on Ezekiel 18:30).
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When the righteous turn from their righteousness, and commit iniquity, they shall die for it.
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And when the wicked turn from their wickedness, and do what is lawful and right, they shall live by it.
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Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not just." O house of Israel, I will judge all of you according to your ways!
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In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, someone who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has fallen."
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Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; but he had opened my mouth by the time the fugitive came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer unable to speak.
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