The Verdict Reversed: God's Demand That Israel Stop Dying — Ezekiel 18:30-31

“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel? — God does not want to punish you — but he will not pretend your choices don't matter.