18 ^aWhen the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.  ‡

19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year ^aof our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, ^bthat one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, ^c“The city has been captured!”  ‡

22 Now ^athe hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had ^bopened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.  ‡