“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, does injustice, and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his unfaithfulness which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.
Ezekiel 18:22 All his transgressions which he has done will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has done, he will live.
Ezekiel 18:23 Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares Lord Yahweh, “is it not that he should turn from his ways and live?
Ezekiel 18:24 “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, does injustice, and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his unfaithfulness which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.
Ezekiel 18:25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?
Ezekiel 18:26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, does injustice, and dies because of it, for his injustice which he has done he will die.
The verse centers on "faith", "righteous", "turns", "away", "righteousness", "does", "injustice", and "abominations". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "righteous", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Do I have any pleasure in the..." into verse 25's "Yet you say The way of the...", so "faith" and "righteous" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "righteous" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.