Ezekiel 18:13

who lends upon usury, and who takes an increase, then shall he live? He shall not live. Since he has done all these detestable things, he shall certainly die. His blood shall be upon him.

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In The King James Version

Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

In Context

12who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination,

14But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him,

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:9Whoever curses his father or mother shall die a death; he has cursed his father and mother. So let his blood be upon him.

Leviticus 20:27A man or a woman, in whom there is an oracle-like or a divining spirit, shall be put to death. They shall stone them. So let their blood be upon them.

Ezekiel 3:18If, when I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ you do not announce it to him, and you do not speak so that he may turn aside from his impious way and live, then the same impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.

Ezekiel 18:17who has averted his hand from injuring the poor, who has not taken usury and an overabundance, who has acted according to my judgments and walked in my precepts, then this one shall not die for the iniquity of his father; instead, he shall certainly live.

Ezekiel 18:28For by considering and turning himself away from all his iniquities, which he has worked, he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.

Ezekiel 33:4then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:11-21

The Ways of God Justified; God's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 593.) 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase:… Read the whole commentary →

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