Ezekiel 18:14 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Ezekiel 18:14–18

Read Ezekiel 18:14 with 18:14–18. By itself, “Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: A later son observes his father's wrongdoing and refuses it, practicing justice instead; the father's oppression remains his own responsibility.

Why It Needs Context

The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Ezekiel 18:14–18, not an independent maxim. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and…” at Ezekiel 18:14 as part of “A Son Who Sees and Rejects His Father's Violence Lives.”