Ezekiel 18:6 (DBY)

Passage

he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a woman in her separation,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all the souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Ezekiel 18:5 And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:

Ezekiel 18:6 he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a woman in her separation,

Ezekiel 18:7 and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 18:8 he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

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 5's "And if a man be righteous and..." into verse 7's "and hath not oppressed any he hath...", 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.