Ezekiel 18:1-11

The One Who Sins Will Die

1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “ ‘The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
3 “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
4 For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.
5 “Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.
6 He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.
7 He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.
8 He does not lend to them at interest or take a profit from them. He withholds his hand from doing wrong and judges fairly between two parties.
9 He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign LORD.
10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things[a]
11 (though the father has done none of them): “He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbor’s wife.

Cross References 19

  • 1. S Job 21:19; Isaiah 3:15; Jeremiah 31:29; Lamentations 5:7
  • 2. S Psalms 49:4
  • 3. S 2 Kings 14:6; S Proverbs 13:21
  • 4. ver 20; S Genesis 18:23; S Exodus 17:14; S Job 21:20; Isaiah 42:5; Ezekiel 33:8; S Romans 6:23
  • 5. S Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 22:9
  • 6. Deuteronomy 4:19; S Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 20:24; Amos 5:26
  • 7. S Leviticus 12:2; S Leviticus 15:24
  • 8. Exodus 22:21; Malachi 3:5; James 5:4
  • 9. S Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:12
  • 10. S Exodus 20:15
  • 11. S Job 22:7
  • 12. Deuteronomy 15:11; S Ezekiel 16:49; S Matthew 25:36; Luke 3:11
  • 13. S Exodus 18:21; Exodus 22:25; S Leviticus 25:35-37; Deuteronomy 23:19-20
  • 14. S Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 8:16
  • 15. S Leviticus 19:37
  • 16. Habakkuk 2:4
  • 17. S Leviticus 18:5; S Ezekiel 11:12; Ezekiel 20:11; Amos 5:4
  • 18. Exodus 21:12; Ezekiel 22:6
  • 19. Ezekiel 22:9

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "things to a brother"
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