New Living Translation (NLT)
Ezekiel 18
27 And if wicked people turn from their wickedness, obey the law, and do what is just and right, they will save their lives.
28 They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.
29 And yet the people of Israel keep saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right!’ O people of Israel, it is you who are not doing what’s right, not I.
30 “Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Repent, and turn from your sins. Don’t let them destroy you!
31 Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
32 I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!
Ezekiel 19
1 “Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
2 “What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
3 She raised one of her cubs to become a strong young lion. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he became a man-eater.
4 Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 “When the lioness saw that her hopes for him were gone, she took another of her cubs and taught him to be a strong young lion.
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