Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, house of Israel?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 18:31 in context
Ezekiel 18:28–32
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Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
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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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“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will not be your ruin.
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Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, house of Israel?
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For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!
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