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11 who refuses to obey the laws of God but worships idols on the mountains and commits adultery, 12 oppresses the poor and helpless, robs his debtors by refusing to let them redeem what they have given him in pledge, loves idols and worships them, 13 and loans out his money at interest[a]—shall that man live? No! He shall surely die, and it is his own fault.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:13 at interest, or “at usurious interest.”

11 (though the father has done none of them):

“He eats at the mountain shrines.(A)
He defiles his neighbor’s wife.
12 He oppresses the poor(B) and needy.
He commits robbery.
He does not return what he took in pledge.(C)
He looks to the idols.
He does detestable things.(D)
13 He lends at interest and takes a profit.(E)

Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.(F)

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