Ezekiel 18:15 (DBY)

Passage

he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:13 given forth upon usury, and taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall certainly die; his blood shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 18:14 But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like:

Ezekiel 18:15 he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

Ezekiel 18:16 and hath not oppressed any, nor withholden the pledge, neither hath exercised robbery; he hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 18:17 he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, [and] walked in my statutes: he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "eaten", "upon", "mountains", "lifted", "eyes", "idols", and "house". 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 "But lo if he have begotten a..." into verse 16's "and hath not oppressed any nor withholden...", 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.