Ezekiel 18:10 (GNV)

Passage

If he beget a sonne, that is a thiefe, or a sheader of blood, if he do any one of these things,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:8 And hath not giuen foorth vpon vsurie, neither hath taken any increase, but hath withdrawen his hand from iniquitie, and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man,

Ezekiel 18:9 And hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my iudgements to deale truely, he is iust, he shall surely liue, sayth the Lord God.

Ezekiel 18:10 If he beget a sonne, that is a thiefe, or a sheader of blood, if he do any one of these things,

Ezekiel 18:11 Though he doe not all these things, but either hath eaten vpon the mountaines, or defiled his neighbours wife,

Ezekiel 18:12 Or hath oppressed the poore and needy, or hath spoyled by violence, or hath not restored the pledge, or hath lift vp his eyes vnto the idoles, or hath committed abomination,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beget", "sonne", "thiefe", "sheader", "blood", and "things". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beget" and "sonne", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And hath walked in my statutes and..." into verse 11's "Though he doe not all these things...", so "beget" and "sonne" 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 "beget" and "sonne" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.