先知旨在給流亡的子民帶來希望。如果你行善，你會得到生命，我們的百姓必有未來。

換句話說，上主會寬恕。祂不像人那樣永遠記恨罪惡。

另一方面，任何人都不能以自己曾經行的善為藉口去作惡。靈性生命如同肉身生命。任何人都不能以自己過去呼吸過的氣息為藉口，停止呼吸。

The prophet aims to give hope to his people in exile. If you do good, you will live, there will be a future for our people.

In other words, God forgives. He is not like humans, who remember evil forever.

On the other hand, nobody can take the good he has done as an excuse to do evil. Spiritual life is like physical life. Nobody can take the breaths he has done in the past as an excuse not to breathe anymore.