OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 12

Ezekiel 18:12

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has wronged the poor and needy,

has taken by robbery,

has not restored the pledge,

and has lifted up his eyes to the idols,

has committed abomination,

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Ezekiel 18:12 in context

Ezekiel 18:9–15

9

has walked in my statutes,

and has kept my ordinances,

to deal truly;

he is just,

he shall surely live,” says the Lord GOD.

10

“If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things,

11

or who does not do any of those things

but has eaten at the mountain shrines

and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

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has wronged the poor and needy,

has taken by robbery,

has not restored the pledge,

and has lifted up his eyes to the idols,

has committed abomination,

13

has lent with interest,

and has taken increase from the poor,

shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.

14

“Now, behold, if he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears, and doesn’t do likewise,

15

who hasn’t eaten on the mountains,

hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,

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