Ezekiel 18:23-32

231Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “2rather than that he should 3turn from his ways and live?

24“But when a righteous man 4turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? 5All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his 6treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. 25Yet you say, ‘7The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is 8My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? 26When 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. 27Again, when a wicked man turns away 9from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life. 28Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29But 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?

30“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “10Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you. 3111Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a 12new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel? 32For I have 13no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live.”