Ezekiel 33:17-27

17 "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.
20 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."
22 Now the hand of ADONAI had been on me that evening, before the fugitive arrived - he had opened my mouth prior to his coming to me in the morning, so my mouth was open, and I was no longer mute.
23 Then the word of ADONAI came to me:
24 "Human being, those living in the desolate parts of the land of Isra'el are saying, 'Avraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many, so [how much more] is the land given to us to inherit!'
25 Therefore, tell them that Adonai ELOHIM says, 'You eat [flesh] with the blood, you raise your eyes to your idols, and you shed blood - and you still expect to possess the land?
26 You depend on your swords, you commit disgusting practices, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife - and you still expect to possess the land?'
27 Tell them that Adonai ELOHIM swears, 'As I live, those living in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the countryside I will give to the wild animals to eat, and those in the fortresses and caves will die of the plague.
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