16 does not oppress anyone, (A)exacts no pledge, (B)commits no robbery, (C)but gives his bread to the hungry (D)and covers the naked with a garment, 17 withholds his hand from iniquity,[a] takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, (E)and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father's iniquity; (F)he shall surely live. 18 As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, (G)behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:17 Septuagint; Hebrew from the poor

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