Ezekiel 18:19

18:19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer ¹  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.

Ezekiel 20:21

20:21 “‘But the children ²  rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys ³  them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out ⁴  my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 44:15

The Levitical Priests

44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok ⁵  who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.

[18:19]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[20:21]  ² tn Heb “sons.”

[20:21]  ³ tn Or “carries them out.”

[20:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

[44:15]  ³ sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).