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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. 15 That is, suppose he doesn’t eat at the mountain shrines, doesn’t look to the idols of Israel’s house, doesn’t defile his neighbor’s wife,

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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

13 He lends at interest and takes a profit.(A)

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.(B)

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:(C)

15 “He does not eat at the mountain shrines(D)
    or look to the idols(E) of Israel.
He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

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