14 Or, if I say to the wicked people, ‘You will surely die,’ they may stop sinning and do what is right and honest.
15 For example, they may return what somebody gave them as a promise to repay a loan, or pay back what they stole. If they live by the rules that give life and do not sin, then they will surely live, and they will not die.
16 They will not be punished for any of their sins. They now do what is right and fair, so they will surely live.
17 “Your people say: ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their own ways that are not fair.
18 When the good people stop doing good and do evil, they will die for their evil.
19 But when the wicked stop doing evil and do what is right and fair, they will live.
20 You still say: ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Israel, I will judge all of you by your own ways.”