"If the sinner turns from his sin, observes MY decrees and practices what is right and just, he will live; he will not die. None of the sins he committed will be charged against him; he will live, as a consequence of his righteous deeds. Do I want the death of the sinner?--word of YAHWEH. Do I not, rather, want him to turn from his ways and live?
But if the righteous man turns away from what is good, and commits sins as the wicked do, will he live? His righteous deeds will no longer be credited to him; but he will die, because of his infidelity and his sins.
But you say: YAHWEH's way is not just! Why, Israel! Is MY position wrong? Is it not rather that yours is wrong? If the righteous man turns from his righteous deeds, and sins, then he dies, because of his sins. And if the wicked man does what is good and right, after turning from the sins he committed, he will save his life. He will live and not die, because he has opened his eyes; and turned from the sins he had committed." - Ezekiel 18:21-2
(Everyone will have time to decide freely. If people are evil and then decide to do good, GOD will wait for their conversion and will take their last orientation into account.
In later times, wise people will note that oftentimes evil people do not receive their punishment, nor good people their reward in this life [see Job 21]; it will become obvious to them that GOD's justice will be achieved in the next life.)
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