Ezekiel 18:16 (GNV)

Passage

Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoyled by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:14 But if he beget a sonne, that seeth all his fathers sinnes, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doeth such like,

Ezekiel 18:15 That hath not eaten vpon the mountaines, neither hath lift vp his eyes to the idols of ye house of Israel, nor hath defiled his neighbours wife,

Ezekiel 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoyled by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,

Ezekiel 18:17 Neither hath withdrawen his hand from the afflicted, nor receiued vsurie nor increase, but hath executed my iudgements, and hath walked in my statutes, he shall not die in the iniquitie of his father, but he shall surely liue.

Ezekiel 18:18 His father, because he cruelly oppressed and spoyled his brother by violence, and hath not done good among his people, loe, euen he dyeth in his iniquitie.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neither", "hath", "oppressed", "withholden", and "pledge". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neither" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "That hath not eaten vpon the mountaines..." into verse 17's "Neither hath withdrawen his hand from the...", so "neither" 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 "neither" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.