16. None of his sins, which he hath committed, shall be imputed to him: he hath done judgment and justice, he shall surely live.
17. And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.
18. For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them.
19. And when the wicked shall depart from his wickedness, and shall do judgments, and justice: be shall live in them.
20. And you say: The way of the Lord is not right, I will judge every one of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.
21. And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that there came to me one that was fled from Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste.
22. And the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before he that was fled came: and he opened my mouth till he came to me in the morning, and my mouth being opened, I was silent no more.
23. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24. Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous places in the land of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many, the land is given us in possession.