Ezekiel 33:9

33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, ¹  and he refuses to change, ²  he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Ezekiel 33:12

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, ³  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ⁴  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ⁵  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ⁶  if he sins.’ ⁷ 

Ezekiel 37:23

37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness ⁸  by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.

[33:9]  ¹ tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”

[33:9]  ² tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”

[33:12]  ³ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.

[33:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”

[33:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “by it.”

[33:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”

[37:23]  ⁸ tc Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, yields the reading “from their turning,” a reference here to their turning from God and deviating from his commandments. See BDB 1000 s.v. מְשׁוּבָה, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:407.