18:21 “But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, 6 O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent 7 and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. 8
1 tn Heb “the righteous man.”
2 tc The translation follows the LXX for the first line of the verse, although the LXX has lost the second line due to homoioteleuton (similar endings of the clauses). The MT reads “The seller will not return to the sale.” This Hebrew reading has been construed as a reference to land redemption, the temporary sale of the use of property, with property rights returned to the seller in the year of Jubilee. But the context has no other indicator that land redemption is in view. If correct, the LXX evidence suggests that one of the cases of “the customer” has been replaced by “the seller” in the MT, perhaps due to hoimoioarcton (similar beginnings of the words).
3 tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself.
4 tn Or “in their punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in v. 16; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”
5 tn Heb “proverbs.”
6 tn Heb “ways.”
7 tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.
8 tn Or “leading to punishment.”