Ezekiel 18:12-13
Context18:12 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
Context18:18 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.
[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.