16None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.
19When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
20Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. House of Israel, I will judge you everyone after his ways.
21It happened in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city has been struck.
22Now the hand of Yahweh had been on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.
