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Ezekiel 18
Funeral Chamber Wall Mural: Vineyards, Winemaking, and Wineselling (c. 1,500 B.C.)
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[ Illustration: The good grapes depicted in today's image are a contrast to the sour grapes mentioned in today's chapter. ]
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Explanation: In Ezekiel 18, the LORD defended the equity of his judgments. He disputed a proverb then in use in Israel: "the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge" (v. 2). Instead, said the LORD, fathers and children would pay for their own sins, not for the sins of the other (1-9).
This is illustrated in various ways (10-28).
And God concludes the chapter by saying that he will judge each one for his own sins, so he commands them to repent and live (29-32).
[ Sermons: Dick Lucas. Various. ]
Bible Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation
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[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Ezekiel 18: Ezekiel 13. Ezekiel 14. Ezekiel 15. Ezekiel 16. Ezekiel 17. Ezekiel 18. Ezekiel 19. Ezekiel 20. Ezekiel 21. Ezekiel 22. Ezekiel 23. ]
[1-2] Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 5:9; Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:6; Jeremiah 15:4; Lamentations 5:7; 2 Kings 24:3; Matthew 23:35-36; Jeremiah 31:29; Ezekiel 3:18-21; Ezekiel 9:4-6; Ezekiel 14:3-9; Ezekiel 33:1-20.
[3] Ezekiel 36:31-32.
[4] Ezekiel 18:5-9; Ezekiel 18:10-29.
[5] Psalm 15; Psalm 24:3-6; Ezekiel 33:14-15.
[6] Ezekiel 22:2-12; Deuteronomy 12:17-18; Exodus 32:6; 1 Corinthians 10:7; Genesis 19:26; Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 22:22; Leviticus 18:19-20; Leviticus 20:10; Leviticus 20:18.
[7] Exodus 22:25-27; Leviticus 25:14; Leviticus 25:17; Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:6; Deuteronomy 24:10; Deuteronomy 22:1-4; Job 31:16-22; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 58:7; Matthew 25:34-46; James 1:27; James 2:15-16.
[8] Ezekiel 22:12; Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:35-37; Deuteronomy 23:19-20; Psalm 15:5; Proverbs 28:8; Leviticus 19:15, 35; Proverbs 31:8-9; Isaiah 1:17; Zechariah 7:9-10; Zechariah 8:16.
[9] Ezekiel 36:27; Ezekiel 20:13; Ezekiel 33:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 6:1-2.
[10] Genesis 9:5-6; Exodus 21:12; Numbers 35:31; 1 John 3:12.
[11] Matthew 7:21-27.
[12] Hosea 12:7; Zechariah 7:10.
[13] James 2:10; Ezekiel 3:18.
[14] Psalm 119:59-60; Jeremiah 9:14.
[15] Exodus 20:3-4; Exodus 20:14.
[16] Proverbs 22:9; Ecclesiastes 11:1-2.
[17] Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 29:7, 14; Jeremiah 22:16.
[18] Exodus 20:15.
[19] Ezekiel 20:18-20, 24, 30.
[20] Deuteronomy 24:16.
[21] Ezekiel 33:11-16, 19.
[22] Ezekiel 33:16; 2 Corinthians 5:17.
[23] Ezekiel 33:11; Lamentations 3:33.
[24] Ezekiel 3:20-21; Ezekiel 33:12-13, 18.
[25] Ezekiel 33:17, 20; Job 40:8; Malachi 2:17; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 145:17; Romans 2:5-10.
[26] Ezekiel 3:20-21; Ezekiel 33:12-13, 18; 2 Chronicles 24:2, 17-22.
[27] Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 55:7; Matthew 21:28-32.
[28] Psalm 119:1, 6, 59; Jeremiah 31:18-20; Ezekiel 33:12; James 2:10-12.
[29] Proverbs 19:3.
[30] Ezekiel 7:3, 8-9, 27; Ezekiel 33:20; Ezekiel 34:20.
[31] Ezekiel 20:7; Isaiah 1:16-17.
[32] Lamentations 3:33; Ezekiel 18:30.
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Ezekiel Detailed Outline
Ezekiel 18
1. Before the Siege of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 1:1 - Ezekiel 23:49) - 593 - 586 B.C. Babylon
F. The Judgments Motif (Continued) (13:1 - 23:49)
3). The Allegories (Continued) (15:1 - 23:49)
d). The Sour Grapes: A Call for Repentance (18:1-32)
1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
2 What mean ye, that ye use this -- [this] proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely [living he shall live], saith the Lord GOD.
10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
11 And that doeth not [this] any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done [this] all these abominations; he shall surely die [dying he shall die]; his blood shall be upon him.
14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth [this] all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled [this] his neighbour's wife,
16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live [living he shall live].
18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed [he oppressed by oppression], spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept [this] all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live [living he shall live].
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep [this] all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live [living he shall live], he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all [delighting am I delighting] that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal [not equal]?
26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive [he -- he shall preserve -- {this} his soul].
28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live [living he shall live], he shall not die.
29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal [not equal]?
30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 Cast away from you [this] all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
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