Ezekiel 18:27

Translations

Modern

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

Traditional

Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

Literal

And in the turning away of the wicked from the wickedness that he has done, when he does justice and righteousness, he will keep alive his soul.

Latin

Et cum averterit se impius ab impietate sua quam operatus est, et fecerit judicium et justitiam, ipse animam suam vivificabit:

Original

Hebrew

English

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

Notes

Ezekiel 18:25–29

Israel's issue was not that the Lord was unjust, but that they kept doing wrong. They fully deserved God's judgment.

Ezekiel 15:1–24:14

This section includes eight metaphors, each showing from a different angle the certainty of Jerusalem's upcoming judgment. The images are of:

a worthless vine (Ezekiel 15);
a faithless wife (Ezekiel 16);
a vine and two eagles (Ezekiel 17);
Sour grapes (Ezekiel 18);
a lion and her cubs (Ezekiel 19);
a sword (Ezekiel 21);
two corrupt sisters (Ezekiel 23); and
a cooking pot (Ezekiel 24).

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Acts 2:40
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
1 Timothy 4:16
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Acts 20:21
…testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:20
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
Ezekiel 33:5
Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
Matthew 21:28–32
But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

Glossary

Conversion Death Ezekiel, Book of Proverbs, Book of Sin

Topics

Children: Not Punished for Parents' Sake Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Conversion: Promises Connected With Judgment: According to Opportunity and Works Judgment: The General Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Responsibility: According to Privilege

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