Search results for: Ezekiel 36:26–27
Ezekiel 17:12 (NIV)
“Say to this rebellious people, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say to them: ‘The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon.
Ezekiel 17:19 (NIV)
“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.
Ezekiel 17:20 (NIV)
I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me.
Ezekiel 17:21 (NIV)
All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.
Ezekiel 17:22 (NIV)
“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Ezekiel 17:23 (NIV)
On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.
Ezekiel 17:24 (NIV)
All the trees of the forest will know that I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’ ”
Ezekiel 18:1 (NIV)
The word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 18:16 (NIV)
He does not oppress anyone or require a pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.
Ezekiel 18:17 (NIV)
He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor and takes no interest or profit from them. He keeps my laws and follows my decrees. He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live.
Ezekiel 18:18 (NIV)
But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.
Ezekiel 18:19 (NIV)
“Yet you ask, ‘Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live.
Ezekiel 18:20 (NIV)
The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
Ezekiel 18:21 (NIV)
“But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.
Ezekiel 18:22 (NIV)
None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live.
Ezekiel 18:23 (NIV)
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord . Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?
Ezekiel 18:24 (NIV)
“But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.
Ezekiel 18:25 (NIV)
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Ezekiel 18:26 (NIV)
If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die.
Ezekiel 18:27 (NIV)
But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.
Ezekiel 18:28 (NIV)
Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.
Ezekiel 18:29 (NIV)
Yet the Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Ezekiel 18:30 (NIV)
“Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord . Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.
Ezekiel 18:31 (NIV)
Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?
Ezekiel 18:32 (NIV)
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord . Repent and live!