“Again,
Although I say
To the wicked!
‘You shall surely die!’
Yet if they turn
From their sin,
If they do
What is lawful,
What is right,
They shall surely live.
If the wicked ones restore
The pledge,
If they give back
What they have taken
By robbery,
They shall surely live.
If they walk
In the statutes of life,
If they commit no iniquity,
They shall surely live.
They shall not die.
None of the sins
That they have committed
Shall be remembered
Against them.
They have done
What is lawful.
They have done
What is right.
They shall surely live.”
This time, Yahweh turned to the wicked ones. They were going to die if they did not turn away from their sin. However, if they did what was lawful and right, they would surely live. If these wicked ones restored their debt pledges and gave back what they have stolen in their robberies, they would live. If they walked in the statutes of life, and did not commit any iniquity, they would live, not die. None of the sins that they had committed would be remembered against them. As long as they did what was lawful and right, they would surely live. There was hope for these wicked sinners.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 