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Ezekiel 18

Ezekiel 18:3

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

Modern
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
Traditional
As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Literal
As I live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, it will not be for you to quote this proverb any longer in Israel,
Latin
Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, si erit ultra vobis parabola hæc in proverbium in Israël.

Original

Hebrew
English
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

Notes

Ezekiel 18:3–4

The Lord's response to the proverb of Ezekiel 18:1–2 was to clearly state that it did not apply to this situation. Instead, the Lord always punishes only the guilty (Deuteronomy 24:16). God is always fair and just.

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

Ezekiel, Book of Proverbs, Book of Sin

Topics

Children: Not Punished for Parents' Sake Proverbs: Miscellany of Punishment: Entailed: Upon Children Responsibility: According to Privilege