Ezek 18:25 "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?
Ezek 18:26 "When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die.
Ezek 18:27 "Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life.
Ezek 18:28 "Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezek 18:29 "But the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?
Ezek 18:30 ¶ "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct," declares the Lord GOD. "Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.
Ezek 18:31 "Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?
Ezek 18:32 "For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live."
Ezek 19:2 and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
Ezek 19:3 'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
Ezek 19:4 'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
Ezek 19:5 'When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.
Ezek 19:6 'And he walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
Ezek 19:7 'He destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.
Ezek 19:8 'Then nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.
Ezek 19:9 'They put him in a cage with hooks And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would be heard no more On the mountains of Israel.
Ezek 19:10 'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant waters.
Ezek 19:11 'And it had strong branches fit for scepters of rulers, And its height was raised above the clouds So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
Ezek 19:12 'But it was plucked up in fury; It was cast down to the ground; And the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branch was torn off So that it withered; The fire consumed it.
Ezek 19:13 'And now it is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.