Ezekiel 18:19-20

Context

18:19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer¹ 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. 18:20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer² for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer³ for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.⁴

[18:19] ¹tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[18:20] ²tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[18:20] ³tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[18:20] ⁴tn Heb “the righteousness of the righteous one will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked one will be upon him.”