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Themes in Ezekiel 18

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Themes in Ezekiel 18

Ezekiel 18:1 (show verse)

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Profit » Those that profit from violence

Ezekiel 18:2 (show verse)

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

‘The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Grapes
Grape » Figurative » Proverb of
Heredity » General references to
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Punishment » Entailed » Upon children

Ezekiel 18:3 (show verse)

As I live,” says the Lord God, “you are certainly not going to use this proverb [as an excuse] in Israel anymore.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Punishment » Entailed » Upon children

Ezekiel 18:4 (show verse)

Behold (pay close attention), all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Consequences of sin » Death, physical and spiritual
Error » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
God » Ownership of » Of the souls of men
divine Ownership » Of the souls of men
Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Iniquity
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Death, a penalty for
Sin » Penalty for » Death, physical and spiritual
Sin » Death, the punishment of
Sins » Penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Transgression » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual

Ezekiel 18:5 (show verse)

“But if a man is righteous (keeps the law) and practices justice and righteousness,

Charity » Those that are charitable
Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Idolatry » Those that are not idolaters
Iniquity » Those that abstain from iniquity
Justice » Who is just
Oppression » Those that have not oppressed others
Profit » Those that profit from violence
The judgment of babylon » Those that execute true judgment
Usury » Those that do not lay usury upon others

and does not eat [at the pagan shrines] on the mountains or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her [monthly] time of impurity—

Charity » Those that are charitable
Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Idolatry » Annual feasts
Idolatry » Those that are not idolaters
Iniquity » Those that abstain from iniquity
Justice » Who is just
Menstruation » Law relating to
Oppression » Those that have not oppressed others
Profit » Those that profit from violence
The judgment of babylon » Those that execute true judgment
Usury » Those that do not lay usury upon others

Ezekiel 18:7 (show verse)

if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

Ezekiel 18:8 (show verse)

if he does not charge interest or take a percentage of increase [on what he lends in compassion], if he keeps his hand from sin and executes true justice between man and man,

Business life » Debts » Usury, forbidden
Charity » Those that are charitable
Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Idolatry » Those that are not idolaters
Iniquity » Those that abstain from iniquity
Interest » loaning » Money
Justice » Saints should » Always do
Justice » Who is just
Oppression » Those that have not oppressed others
Profit » Those that profit from violence
The judgment of babylon » Those that execute true judgment
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Those that do not lay usury upon others
Usury » Just men innocent of the vice of requiring
Usury or interest » True and faithful israelites never took, from their brethren

Ezekiel 18:9 (show verse)

if he walks in My statutes and [keeps] My ordinances so as to act with integrity; [then] he is [truly] righteous and shall certainly live,” says the Lord God.

Charity » Those that are charitable
Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Idolatry » Those that are not idolaters
Iniquity » Those that abstain from iniquity
Interest » loaning » Money
Justice » Saints should » Always do
Justice » Who is just
Oppression » Those that have not oppressed others
Profit » Those that profit from violence
The judgment of babylon » Those that execute true judgment
Usury » Those that do not lay usury upon others
Usury or interest » True and faithful israelites never took, from their brethren

Ezekiel 18:10 (show verse)

“If he is the father of a violent son who sheds blood, and who does any of these things to a brother

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Robbery » Punished with death

Ezekiel 18:11 (show verse)

(though the father did not do any of these things), that is, the son even eats [the food set before idols] at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Idolatry » Annual feasts
Profit » Those that profit from violence

Ezekiel 18:12 (show verse)

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore [to the debtor] his pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols, and commits repulsive acts,

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Idolatry » Annual feasts
The poor » The wicked » Oppress
Profit » Those that profit from violence

Ezekiel 18:13 (show verse)

and charges interest and takes [a percentage of] increase on what he has loaned; will he then live? He will not live! He has done all these disgusting things, he shall surely be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.

Blood » Illustrative » (on one's own head,) of guilt
Blood » Figurative » Of guilt
Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Interest » loaning » Money
The poor » Punishment for » Spoiling
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Iniquity
Robbery » Punished with death
Usury » Forbidden

Ezekiel 18:14 (show verse)

“Now behold, if this [wicked] man has a son who has observed all the sins which his father committed, and considers [thoughtfully what he has observed] and does not do like his father:

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
death » Who shall not die
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law

Ezekiel 18:15 (show verse)

He does not eat [food set before idols] at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife,

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
death » Who shall not die
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Idolatry » Annual feasts

Ezekiel 18:16 (show verse)

or oppress anyone, or take anything in pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
death » Who shall not die
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law

Ezekiel 18:17 (show verse)

he keeps his hand from [oppressing] the poor, does not receive interest or increase [from the needy], but executes My ordinances and walks in My statutes; he shall not die for the sin (guilt) of his father; he shall certainly live.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
death » Who shall not die
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Interest » loaning » Money
Usury » Forbidden

Ezekiel 18:18 (show verse)

As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his sin.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law

Ezekiel 18:19 (show verse)

“Yet do you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s sin?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and has done them, he shall certainly live.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law

Ezekiel 18:20 (show verse)

The person who sins [is the one that] will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the sin of the father, nor will the father bear the punishment for the sin of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on himself.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
death » Spiritual death » Eternal
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Personal responsibility » Responsibility of stewardship
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Iniquity
Responsibility » Personal

Ezekiel 18:21 (show verse)

“But if the wicked man turns [away] from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
death » The death of the wicked
Pleasure » What the lord has no pleasure in
Repentance » Life
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness

Ezekiel 18:22 (show verse)

All of his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced [for his moral and spiritual integrity in every area and relationship], he will live.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
death » The death of the wicked
Pardon » Expressed by » Not mentioning transgression
Pleasure » What the lord has no pleasure in
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness

Ezekiel 18:23 (show verse)

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” says the Lord God, “rather than that he should turn [away] from his [malevolent] acts and live?

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Conversion » Of sinners, a cause of joy » To God
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
death » The death of the wicked
Death of the The Wicked » God has no pleasure in
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Pleasure » What the lord has no pleasure in
Turning » Those that turn from wickedness
The wicked » Death of

Ezekiel 18:24 (show verse)

“But when the righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits sin and acts in accordance with all the repulsive things that the wicked man does, will he live? All of his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered because of the treachery that he has committed and for his sin which he has committed; for them he shall die.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness

Ezekiel 18:25 (show verse)

Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?

Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
God, Justice of » Exhibited in » All his ways
Man » The ways of man
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 18:26 (show verse)

When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits sin and dies because of it, it is for his sin which he has committed that he dies.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Man » The ways of man
Turning » Those that turn from righteousness
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 18:27 (show verse)

Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Conversion » Promises connected with
Man » The ways of man
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 18:28 (show verse)

Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions which he had committed, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Man » The ways of man
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 18:29 (show verse)

Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not right!’ O house of Israel, are My ways not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God, Justice of » Exhibited in » All his ways
Man » The ways of man
Repentance » Repenting
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Turning » What to turn from
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 18:30 (show verse)

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one in accordance with his conduct,” says the Lord God. “Repent (change your way of thinking) and turn away from all your transgressions, so that sin may not become a stumbling block to you.

Children » Not punished for parents' sake
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Man » The ways of man
Repentance » Repenting
Repentance » Exhortations to
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Repentance » Commanded to all by God
Responsibility » Personal
Turning » What to turn from
Ways » The ways of man

Ezekiel 18:31 (show verse)

Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed [against Me], and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why should you die, O house of Israel?

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God's Call » The comes of God's word » Divine pleadings
Heart » Renewed
Newness » Renewing yourself
Repentance » Repenting
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Repentance » Commanded to all by God
Transgression » Casting away your transgressions

Ezekiel 18:32 (show verse)

For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live!”

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Death of the The Wicked » God has no pleasure in
Repentance » Repenting
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Repentance » Commanded to all by God