Ezekiel 18:15 (ASV)

Passage

that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor`s wife,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:13 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.

Ezekiel 18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father`s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;

Ezekiel 18:15 that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor`s wife,

Ezekiel 18:16 neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 18:17 that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed mine ordinances, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "eaten", "upon", "mountains", "neither", "lifted", and "eyes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "eaten", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Now lo if he beget a son..." into verse 16's "neither hath wronged any hath not taken...", so "hath" and "eaten" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "eaten" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.