Ezekiel 18:17 meaning and explanation
He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
Ezekiel 18:17, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Ezekiel is speaking God's word to the exiles in Babylon, who quoted a proverb blaming their suffering on their ancestors' sins. In this chapter God answers with three generations: a righteous father, a violent son, and a grandson who sees his father's sins and refuses to repeat them.
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