¹³ And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him ^(A)there is found something pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

³ Nevertheless, ^(A)some good is found in you, for ^(B)you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have ^(C)set your heart to seek God.”

¹² And when ^(A)he humbled himself the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction. Moreover, ^(B)conditions were good^[a] in Judah.

⁸ (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, ^(A)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); ⁹ then ^(B)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,^[a] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

⁶ and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full ^(A)knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.^[a]

¹⁴ “Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise: ¹⁵ he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, ¹⁶ does not oppress anyone, ^(A)exacts no pledge, ^(B)commits no robbery, ^(C)but gives his bread to the hungry ^(D)and covers the naked with a garment, ¹⁷ withholds his hand from iniquity,^[a] takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, ^(E)and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father's iniquity; ^(F)he shall surely live. ¹⁸ As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, ^(G)behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

¹⁹ “Yet you say, ^(H)‘Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done ^(I)what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, ^(J)he shall surely live. ^20 (K)The soul who sins shall die. ^(L)The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. ^(M)The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, ^(N)and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

^21 (O)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does ^(P)what is just and right, ^(Q)he shall surely live; he shall not die. ^22 (R)None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. ^23 (S)Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? ^24 (T)But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? ^(U)None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for ^(V)the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

^25 (W)“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? ^26 (X)When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. ²⁷ Again, ^(Y)when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. ²⁸ Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²⁹ Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

³⁰ “Therefore ^(Z)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^(AA)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, ^(AB)lest iniquity be your ruin.^{[b] 31 (AC)}Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^(AD)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^(AE)Why will you die, O house of Israel? ^32 (AF)For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; ^(AG)so turn, and live.”

¹⁸ Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: