Ezekiel 18:30 “Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his…”

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

World English Bible

“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will not be your ruin.

American Standard Version

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore I will iudge you, O house of Israel, euery one according to his wayes, sayth the Lord God: returne therefore and cause others to turne away from all your transgressions: so iniquitie shall not be your destruction.

Darby Translation

Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your snare.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a stumbling-block,

Bible in Basic English

For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.

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Cross references

“I will”

Ezekiel 7:3 Ezekiel 33:20 Ecclesiastes 12:14 Ezekiel 7:27 Ezekiel 34:20 Ecclesiastes 3:17

Ezekiel 7:3 · BSB

The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.

Ezekiel 33:20 · BSB

Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

Ecclesiastes 12:14 · BSB

For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Ezekiel 7:27 · BSB

The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then the…

Ezekiel 34:20 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 · BSB

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

“every”

Matthew 16:27 Malachi 3:18 Matthew 25:32 Revelation 22:12 2 Corinthians 5:10 2 Corinthians 5:11

Matthew 16:27 · BSB

For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

Malachi 3:18 · BSB

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Matthew 25:32 · BSB

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Revelation 22:12 · BSB

“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.

2 Corinthians 5:10 · BSB

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

2 Corinthians 5:11 · BSB

Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

“Repent”

Ezekiel 18:21 Matthew 3:2 Ezekiel 14:6 Daniel 9:13 Hosea 12:6 Ezekiel 33:11

Ezekiel 18:21 · BSB

But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

Matthew 3:2 · BSB

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Ezekiel 14:6 · BSB

Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.

Daniel 9:13 · BSB

Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.

Hosea 12:6 · BSB

But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

Ezekiel 33:11 · BSB

Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you…

“so”

Luke 13:3 Luke 13:5 Romans 2:5 Revelation 2:21–23 James 1:15

Luke 13:3 · BSB

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

Luke 13:5 · BSB

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

Romans 2:5 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Revelation 2:21–23 · BSB

Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.

James 1:15 · BSB

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

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