15(The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth -- he doth not die.
16None of his sin that he hath sinned is remembered to him, Judgment and righteousness he hath done, He doth surely live.
17And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them -- their way is not pondered.
18In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.
19And in the turning back of the wicked from his wickedness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness, by them he liveth.
20And ye have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, Each according to his ways do I judge you, O house of Israel.`
21And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year -- in the tenth [month], in the fifth of the month -- of our removal, come in unto me doth one who is escaped from Jerusalem, saying, `The city hath been smitten.`
