Ezekiel 18:22 (DRB)

Passage

I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, the same shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son: the justice of the just shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 18:21 But if the wicked do penance for all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my commandments, and do judgment, and justice, living he shall live, and shall not die.

Ezekiel 18:22 I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live.

Ezekiel 18:23 Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live?

Ezekiel 18:24 But if the just man turn himself away from his justice, and do iniquity according to all the abominations which the wicked man useth to work, shall he live? all his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: in the prevarication, by which he hath prevaricated, and in his sin, which he hath committed, in them he shall die.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iniquities", "remember", "hath", "done", "justice", "wrought", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iniquities" and "remember", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "But if the wicked do penance for..." into verse 23's "Is it my will that a sinner...", so "iniquities" and "remember" 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 "iniquities" and "remember" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.