Ezekiel 18:9 (DBY)

Passage

hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Nearby Context

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Ezekiel 18:8 he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:9 hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 18:10 And if he have begotten a son that is violent, a shedder of blood, and that doeth only one of any of these [things],

Ezekiel 18:11 and that doeth not any of those [duties], but also hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "hath", "walked", "statutes", "kept", "mine", "ordinances", and "deal". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "he hath not given forth upon usury..." into verse 10's "And if he have begotten a son...", so "faith" 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 "faith" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.