Ezekiel 18:13 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 18:13

He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.

BSB

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ASV

hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

KJV

Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Ver. 10 and following) But if he has fathered a son who is a robber, shedding blood, and he has committed one of these (or, as the Septuagint has translated, if he has committed sins: if he has not walked in the way of his righteous father), and he does all these things, not abstaining from them, but rather feasting on the mountains, defiling the wife of his neighbor, oppressing the needy and the poor, seizing plunder, not returning pledges, lifting his eyes to idols, committing abominations, engaging in usury, and taking more, will he live?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

'Tis plural, bloods; both the blood of the innocent which he murdered, and his own blood which thereby he forfeited; the blood of his own soul and life: that is the whole blame of his misery in time and eternity, shall lie upon himself.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shall he then live? - Because his father was a righteous man, shall the father’s holiness be imputed to him? No! He shad surely die; his blood shall be upon him - He shall suffer for his own crimes.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

His pious parentage, so far from excusing, aggravates his guilt. robber--or literally, "a breaker," namely, through all constraints of right. doeth the like to any one--The Hebrew and the parallel (Eze 18:18) require us to translate rather, "doeth to his brother any of these things," namely, the things which follow in Eze 18:11, &c. [MAURER].

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּנֶּ֧שֶׁךְ	ba.Ne.shekh	for <the> interest	H5392 →
נָתַ֛ן	na.Tan	he has lent	H5414 →
וְתַרְבִּ֥ית	ve.tar.Bit	and interest	H8636 →
לָקַ֖ח	la.Kach	he has taken	H3947 →
וָחָ֑י	va.Chai	and will he live?	H2421 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִֽחְיֶ֗ה	yich.Yeh	he will live	H2421 →
אֵ֣ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַתּוֹעֵב֤וֹת	ha.to.'e.Vot	the abominations	H8441 →
הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
עָשָׂ֔ה	'a.Sah	he has done	H6213 →
מ֣וֹת	Mot	certainly <die>	H4191 →
יוּמָ֔ת	yu.Mat	he will be put to death	H4191 →
דָּמָ֖יו	da.Mav	blood<s> his	H1818 →
בּ֥וֹ	bo	on him
יִהְיֶֽה׃	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 18:32
For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:9
  The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- Ezekiel 18:23
  Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
- Ezekiel 33:11
  Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live.…
Through
Acts 18:6
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to…
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:4
  Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
- 2 Samuel 1:16
  For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
- Ezekiel 33:8–9
  If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity,…
Through
Exodus 22:25
If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
leads to
- Psalms 15:5
  who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 25:35–37
  Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Ezekiel