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Ezekiel 18:27 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive. "

Ezekiel 18:27

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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?

26 When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in it, then he dies in his iniquity that he has done.

27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.

28 Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?

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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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