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Ezekiel 18

Ezekiel 18:8

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

Modern
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
Traditional
He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Literal
…in usury he does not give, and an increase he does not take; he turns back his hand from iniquity; he does true judgment between man and man.
Latin
…ad usuram non commodaverit, et amplius non acceperit: ab iniquitate averterit manum suam, et judicium verum fecerit inter virum et virum:

Original

Hebrew
English
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

Notes

Ezekiel 18:8

Lending money with interest to those in need was banned because it tempted lenders to exploit borrowers (see Exodus 22:25).

Ezekiel 18:5–9

God's justice is shown through a case study of three imagined generations. In the first generation, a righteous man faithfully worships the Lord, stays sexually pure, and treats others fairly. A person who lives this way does not need to fear 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

Glossary

Banker, Banking Debt Ezekiel, Book of Proverbs, Book of Sin

Topics

Asking for Money Children: Not Punished for Parents' Sake Interest Judgment: According to Opportunity and Works Justice: Saints should Always Do Responsibility: According to Privilege Righteous: Described Righteous: Promises To, Expressed or Implied Righteousness: Fruits of Usury or Interest: True and Faithful Israelites Never Took, from Their Brethren Usury: Forbidden Usury: Just Men Innocent of the Vice of Requiring Works: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To