19 “Yeti you say, ‘Why does the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ And since the son does justice and righteousness and he keeps all of my statutes and does them, he shall surely live! 20 The person,j the one sinning, will die. A son shall not bear the guilt of the father, and a father shall not bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him; the wickedness of the wickedk shall be on him. 21 But if the wicked returns from all of his sinsl that he has done and he keeps all of my statutes and he does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die! 22 All of his transgressions that he committed will not be remembered againstm him. Throughn his righteousness that he has done he shall live. 23 Have I delight by any meanso in the death of the wicked, ⌊declares⌋p the Lord Yahweh, and not at his turning from his way, ⌊so that⌋q he lives? 24 And ⌊when the righteous turns⌋r from his righteousness, so thats he does injustice, and does all of the detestable things that the wicked do, thent will he live because of all of his righteousnessu that he did? Those things will not be remembered because of his infidelity that he displayed, and because of his ⌊sin that he committed⌋.v Throughw them he shall die.

25 “Yetx you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!’ Listen, now, house of Israel, is my way not fair? Is it not your ways that are not fair? 26 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and he does injustice, theny he will die because of them; because of his injustice that he did he will die! 27 And when the wicked turns from his wickedness that he did and he does justice and righteousness, ⌊he will preserve his life⌋.z 28 And if he sees and he returns from all of his transgressions that he did, surely he will live; he will not die! 29 And yet they, the house of Israel, say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!’ Are not my ways fair, house of Israel? ⌊Are not your ways unfair?⌋a

30 “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each oneb according to his ways,” ⌊declares⌋c the Lord Yahweh. “Repentd and turn around from all of your transgression, and it will not be as a stumbling block of iniquity to you. 31 Throw ⌊away from yourselves⌋e all of your transgressions that you committed,f and make ⌊for yourselves⌋g a new heart and new spirit, and so why will you die, house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying,” ⌊declares⌋h the Lord Yahweh. “And so repenti and live!”