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19 And when the wicked turn from their wickedness, and do what is lawful and right, they shall live by it.[a] 20 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!

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 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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  1. Ezekiel 33:19 Heb them

19 And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.(A) 20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”(B)

Jerusalem’s Fall Explained

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(C) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(D)

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19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. 20 Yet you say, (A)‘The way of the Lord is not [a]fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.”

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year (B)of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, (C)that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, (D)“The city has been [b]captured!”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:20 Or equitable
  2. Ezekiel 33:21 Lit. struck down

19 When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it. 20 Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.”[a]

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month,[b] a refugee came to me from Jerusalem saying, “The city has been defeated!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:20 tn Heb “ways.”
  2. Ezekiel 33:21 tn January 19, 585 b.c.
  3. Ezekiel 33:21 tn Heb “smitten.”