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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 18 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Ezekiel 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/17.htm" title="Ezekiel 17">◄</a> Ezekiel 18 <a href="../ezekiel/19.htm" title="Ezekiel 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/ezekiel/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Individual Retribution</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The word of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel,</p><p class="poetry2">“‘The fathers eat sour grapes</p><p class="poetry2">And the children’s teeth become numb?’</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“As surely as I live, declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore! <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>(though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. Repent and live!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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