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Ezekiel 18:12-13

Context
18:12 oppresses the poor and the needy, 1  commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to 2  idols, performs abominable acts, 18:13 engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. 3  He will bear the responsibility for his own death. 4 

Ezekiel 18:18

Context
18:18 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.

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[18:12]  1 sn The poor and needy are often mentioned together in the OT (Deut 24:14; Jer 22:16; Ezek 14:69; Ps 12:6; 35:10; 37:14).

[18:12]  2 tn Heb “lifts up his eyes.”

[18:13]  3 tn Heb “be put to death.” The translation follows an alternative reading that appears in several ancient textual witnesses.

[18:13]  4 tn Heb “his blood will be upon him.”



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