Ezekiel 18:13

When he lends money, he charges very big interest. If you think that such a person will be allowed to remain alive [RHQ], you are certainly wrong. Because he has done those detestable things, he will surely be executed, and it will be his own fault [IDM].

Translation for Translators

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

12He mistreats/oppresses poor and needy people. He robs people. If someone gives him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back, he never gives the cloak back to him before the sun goes down. He seeks help from idols. He does other detestable things.

14But suppose that man has a son who sees all the sins that his father commits, but he does not do those things:

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:9‘If anyone curses his father or his mother, he must be executed. He himself will be responsible for his own death [MTY].

Leviticus 20:27‘You must execute any man or woman among you who ◄consults/talks with► the spirits of dead people or who is a fortune-teller. Kill them by throwing stones at them; but they will be responsible for their own deaths.’”

Ezekiel 3:18When I say about some wicked people, ‘They will surely die because of their sins,’ if you do not warn them or tell them that they must turn from their wicked behavior if they want to ◄save their lives/remain alive►, those wicked people will die because of the sins that they have committed, but I will consider that you are responsible for their deaths [MTY].

Ezekiel 18:17He does not commit sins, like his father did, and does not charge big interest [DOU] when he lends money. He faithfully obeys all [DOU] my laws. That person will not be executed for his father’s sins; he will surely remain alive.

Ezekiel 18:28Because he has thought about all the evil things that he did and has turned away from doing them, he will surely be allowed to live. He will not be executed for having done evil things.

Ezekiel 33:4if anyone hears the trumpet and does not heed the warning, and as a result he is killed by the sword of one of his enemies, he will be responsible for his own death [MTY].

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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