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Ezekiel 18

Ezekiel 18:25

The Soul Who Sins Will Die · Ezekiel 18:1–32
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Translations

Modern
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Traditional
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Literal
And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
Latin
Et dixistis: Non est æqua via Domini! Audite ergo, domus Israël: numquid via mea non est æqua, et non magis viæ vestræ pravæ sunt?

Original

Hebrew
English
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

Notes

Ezekiel 18:25–29

Israel's issue was not that the Lord was unjust, but that they kept doing wrong. They fully deserved God's judgment.

Ezekiel 15:1–24:14

This section includes eight metaphors, each showing from a different angle the certainty of Jerusalem's upcoming judgment. The images are of:

  1. a worthless vine (Ezekiel 15);

  2. a faithless wife (Ezekiel 16);

  3. a vine and two eagles (Ezekiel 17);

  4. Sour grapes (Ezekiel 18);

  5. a lion and her cubs (Ezekiel 19);

  6. a sword (Ezekiel 21);

  7. two corrupt sisters (Ezekiel 23); and

  8. a cooking pot (Ezekiel 24).

Events

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Conversion Death Ezekiel, Book of Proverbs, Book of Sin

Topics

Blasphemy: General Scriptures Concerning Children: Not Punished for Parents' Sake Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel God: Judge, and his Justice Judgment: According to Opportunity and Works Judgment: The General Losing your Salvation Responsibility: According to Privilege The Justice of God: Exhibited in all his Ways