Ezekiel 18:16 (ASV)

Passage

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;

Nearby Context

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Ezekiel 18:17 that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed mine ordinances, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the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

Ezekiel 18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neither", "hath", "wronged", "taken", "aught", and "pledge". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neither" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "that hath not eaten upon the mountains..." into verse 17's "that hath withdrawn his hand from the...", so "neither" and "hath" belong inside that flow.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 "neither" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.