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Ezekiel 18:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord GOD, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live? "

Ezekiel 18:23

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21 “But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

22 None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.

23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord GOD, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

24 “But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.

25 “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 18:1

"The LORD’s word came to me again, saying,"

Ezekiel 18:2

"“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?"

Ezekiel 18:3

"“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel."

Ezekiel 18:4

"Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die."

Ezekiel 18:5

"“But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,"

Ezekiel 18:6

"and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,"

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