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12 oppresses the afflicted and the poor, robs others, doesn’t return security for a debt, looks to idols, does detestable things, 13 loans with usury, and exacts interest; will he live? He certainly will not! He has done all these detestable practices. He will certainly die, and his guilt will be his own fault.”[a]

Personal Accountability for Sin

14 “Now suppose that he produced a son who practiced all of his father’s sins, but then that son[b] began to fear me and stopped doing all of these things.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:13 Lit. his blood will be on him
  2. Ezekiel 18:14 The Heb. lacks that son

12 He oppresses the poor(A) and needy.
He commits robbery.
He does not return what he took in pledge.(B)
He looks to the idols.
He does detestable things.(C)
13 He lends at interest and takes a profit.(D)

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.(E)

14 “But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:(F)

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