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they will not die. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> But if wicked people turn away from all their sins and begin to obey my decrees and do what is just and right, they will surely live and not die. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> “But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/18.htm">King James Bible</a> But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/18.htm">New King James Version</a> “But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “But if the wicked person turns from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has done and keeps all My statutes and does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “But if the wicked man turns [away] from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “But if the wicked person turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all my statutes, and does what is just and right, he will certainly live; he will not die. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Now if the wicked person turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will certainly live; he will not die. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Suppose wicked people stop sinning and start obeying my laws and doing right. They won't be put to death. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "But suppose a wicked person turns away from all the sins that he has done. He obeys all my laws and does what is fair and right. He will certainly live. He will not die. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> "If someone evil stops sinning and keeps my laws, if he does what is right and good, he will not die; he will certainly live. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> But if the wicked person turns from all his sins, which he did and keeps my statutes, then he'll live. He won't die. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/ezekiel/18.htm">NET Bible</a> "But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <a href="/web/ezekiel/18.htm">World English Bible</a> “But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the wicked—when he turns back "" From all his sins that he has done, "" And he has kept all My statutes, "" And has done judgment and righteousness, "" He surely lives, he does not die. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the wicked -- when he turneth back From all his sins that he hath done, And he hath kept all My statutes, And hath done judgment and righteousness, He doth surely live, he doth not die. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And if the unjust one shall turn back from all his sins which he did, and he watched all my laws and did judgment and justice; living, he shall live; he shall not die.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But if the wicked do penance for all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my commandments, and do judgment, and justice, living he shall live, and shall not die. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But if the impious man does penance for all his sins which he has committed, and if he keeps all my precepts, and accomplishes judgment and justice, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/18.htm">New American Bible</a> But if the wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die! <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But if the wicked turn away from all their sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is lawful and right, they shall surely live; they shall not die.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But if the wicked will turn from all his sins which he has committed, and keep all my commandments, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> But if the evil one shall return from all his sins that he has done, and he will keep my commands, and he will do judgment and righteousness, he shall surely live and he shall not die<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all My statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And if the transgressor turn away from all his iniquities which he has committed, and keep all my commandments, and do justice and mercy, he shall surely live, and shall no means die. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=4700" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/18.htm">The Soul who Sins will Die</a> …20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him. 21<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: wə·hā·rā·šā‘ (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">the wicked man</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: yā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">turns</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kāl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭå̄·ṯō (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">the sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">he has committed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: wə·šā·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">keeps</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥu·qō·w·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">My statutes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and does</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pāṭ (N-ms) -- Judgment. ">what is just</a> <a href="/hebrew/6666.htm" title="6666: ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Righteousness. From tsadaq; rightness, subjectively, objectively, morally or figuratively.">and right,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: ḥā·yōh (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">he will surely live;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: yiḥ·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">he will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: yā·mūṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">die.</a> 22None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> 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. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a> and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7-8</a> At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. <a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a> He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, <a href="/luke/15-7.htm">Luke 15:7</a> I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent. <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a> If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Matthew 3:8</a> Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a> For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a> The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a> Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah <a href="/james/5-19.htm">James 5:19-20</a> My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, / consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins. <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a> “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. <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a> “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. <a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a> But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.if the<a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm">Ezekiel 18:27,28,30</a> 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… <a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11-16,19</a> Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? … <a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">2 Chronicles 33:12,13</a> And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, … and keep<a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm">Ezekiel 18:9</a> Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.<a href="/ezekiel/36-27.htm">Ezekiel 36:27</a> And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.<a href="/genesis/26-5.htm">Genesis 26:5</a> Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.and do<a href="/psalms/119-1.htm">Psalm 119:1</a> ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-24</a> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, … <a href="/titus/2-11.htm">Titus 2:11-14</a> For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, … he shall surely<a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm">Ezekiel 18:17,28</a> That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live… <a href="/ezekiel/3-21.htm">Ezekiel 3:21</a> Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.<a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Romans 8:13</a> For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/18-18.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Die</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Evil-Doer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-13.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-8.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Lawful</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm">Observes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-7.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-5.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-55.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-11.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-11.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-3.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/18-22.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Die</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm">Evil-Doer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-28.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-35.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-22.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm">Lawful</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Observes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-25.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-22.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-22.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-28.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-26.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 18</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/18-1.htm">God defends his justice</a> 31. <a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">and exhorts to repentance</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed This phrase emphasizes the possibility of repentance and transformation. In the context of Ezekiel, the Israelites were in exile due to their persistent sin and rebellion against God. The call to turn from sin is a central theme in the prophetic literature, highlighting God's desire for repentance rather than punishment (<a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11</a>). The Hebrew concept of "turning" (shuv) implies a complete change of direction, akin to the New Testament call to repentance (metanoia). This turning is not merely a cessation of sinful acts but a heartfelt return to God, aligning with the message of John the Baptist and Jesus in the Gospels (<a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2</a>, <a href="/mark/1-15.htm">Mark 1:15</a>).keeps all My statutes This phrase underscores the importance of obedience to God's laws. In the Old Testament, the statutes refer to the laws given to Israel, including moral, ceremonial, and civil laws. Obedience to these statutes was a sign of faithfulness and covenant relationship with God (<a href="/deuteronomy/6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1-3</a>). The emphasis on "all" suggests comprehensive obedience, not selective adherence. This anticipates the New Covenant promise where God's laws are written on the hearts of believers (<a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a>, <a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a>), fulfilled in Christ who perfectly kept the law (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>).and does what is just and right Justice and righteousness are central attributes of God's character and expectations for His people. In the ancient Near Eastern context, these terms often related to fair treatment of others, honesty, and integrity in dealings. The prophets frequently called Israel to embody these values (<a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>, <a href="/amos/5-24.htm">Amos 5:24</a>). This phrase reflects the ethical dimension of repentance, where true turning to God results in transformed behavior. Jesus exemplified perfect justice and righteousness, and His followers are called to imitate Him (<a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm">1 Peter 2:21-24</a>).he will surely live; he will not die This promise of life contrasts with the death that sin brings (<a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>). In Ezekiel's context, "live" refers to both physical preservation and spiritual restoration. The assurance of life is a recurring biblical theme, seen in the blessings of the covenant (<a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19-20</a>) and the eternal life offered through Christ (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>). The certainty of "surely" emphasizes God's faithfulness to His promises. This echoes the New Testament assurance of salvation for those who believe in Jesus and turn from sin (<a href="/john/5-24.htm">John 5:24</a>, <a href="/romans/8.htm">Romans 8:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel conveyed God's messages to the Israelites, emphasizing personal responsibility and repentance. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_wicked_man.htm">The Wicked Man</a> Represents individuals who have lived in sin but have the opportunity to repent and turn towards righteousness. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god's_statutes.htm">God's Statutes</a> Refers to the laws and commandments given by God, which the Israelites were expected to follow. 4. <a href="/topical/r/repentance.htm">Repentance</a> A central theme in this passage, highlighting the transformative power of turning away from sin and towards God. 5. <a href="/topical/l/life_and_death.htm">Life and Death</a> Symbolic of spiritual life and death, where obedience to God leads to life, and sin leads to death.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_repentance.htm">The Power of Repentance</a> Repentance is a transformative act that can change the course of one's life. It is never too late to turn back to God and seek His forgiveness. <a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a> Each individual is responsible for their own actions. We cannot blame others for our sins; instead, we must take ownership and seek to align our lives with God's statutes. <a href="/topical/g/god's_grace_and_mercy.htm">God's Grace and Mercy</a> God's willingness to forgive is a testament to His grace and mercy. No matter how far we have strayed, God is ready to welcome us back if we genuinely repent. <a href="/topical/l/living_a_righteous_life.htm">Living a Righteous Life</a> True repentance is demonstrated through a commitment to live according to God's laws. It involves a continuous effort to do what is just and right. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_consequences.htm">Eternal Consequences</a> Our choices have eternal implications. Choosing to follow God leads to spiritual life, while rejecting His ways leads to spiritual death.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 18</a> <a href="/q/did_israel_practice_individual_accountability.htm">Ezekiel 18 - Does any historical or archaeological evidence indicate that Israel ever fully practiced individual accountability rather than communal guilt?</a> <a href="/q/should_we_leave_vengeance_to_god.htm">Should we leave vengeance to God?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_3_17-18_address_free_will.htm">In Ezekiel 3:17–18, how is the idea of divine responsibility for warning others reconciled with free will and personal accountability? </a> <a href="/q/do_children_suffer_for_fathers'_sins.htm">Does God punish children for their fathers’ sins? (Exodus 20:5 vs. Ezekiel 18:20)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) If the wicked will turn.--The prophet now takes up the fourth and last case--that of a change in the individual character. This has necessarily two sub-divisions: (1) that of the wicked repenting and doing righteousness (<a href="/context/ezekiel/18-21.htm" title="But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.">Ezekiel 18:21-23</a>, and <a href="/context/ezekiel/18-27.htm" title="Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.">Ezekiel 18:27-28</a>), and (2) that of the righteous falling into wickedness, (<a href="/context/ezekiel/18-24.htm" title="But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.">Ezekiel 18:24-26</a>), which latter case is more briefly treated, because the object is to encourage hope in repentance. This case, in both its parts, is first treated in <a href="/context/ezekiel/18-21.htm" title="But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.">Ezekiel 18:21-24</a>, and then, for the sake of emphasis, repeated in reverse order in <a href="/context/ezekiel/18-26.htm" title="When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done shall he die.">Ezekiel 18:26-28</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 21, 22. - But if the wicked will turn, etc. Here, however, there is a distinct advance. The question is carried further into the relations between the past and the present of the same man, between his old and his new self. And in answering that question also Ezekiel becomes the preacher of a gospel. The judgment of God deals with each man according to his present state, not his past. Repentance and conversion and obedience shall cancel, as it were, the very memory of his former sins (Ezekiel's language is necessarily that of a hold anthropopathy), and his transgressions shall not be mentioned unto him (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/33-16.htm">Ezekiel 33:16</a>; <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a>). Assuming the later date of <a href="/isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40-66</a>, the last three utterances have the interest of being those of nearly contemporary prophets to whom the same truth had been revealed. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But if כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the wicked man וְהָרָשָׁ֗ע (wə·hā·rā·šā‘) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> Wrong, an, bad person turns יָשׁוּב֙ (yā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again from all מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the sins חַטֹּאתָיו֙ (ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender he has committed, עָשָׂ֔ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make keeps וְשָׁמַר֙ (wə·šā·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every My statutes, חֻקּוֹתַ֔י (ḥu·qō·w·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> Something prescribed, an enactment, statute and does וְעָשָׂ֥ה (wə·‘ā·śāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make what is just מִשְׁפָּ֖ט (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style and right, וּצְדָקָ֑ה (ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6666.htm">Strong's 6666: </a> Rightness, subjectively, objectively he will surely live; חָיֹ֥ה (ḥā·yōh) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive he will not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no die. יָמֽוּת׃ (yā·mūṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-21.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 18:21 But if the wicked turn from all (Ezek. 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