Ezekiel 18:10 (LSB)

Passage

“Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:8 if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he turns his hand from injustice and does true justice between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:9 if he walks in My statutes and My judgments and is careful to do the truth—he is righteous and will surely live,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 18:10 “Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother

Ezekiel 18:11 (though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife;

Ezekiel 18:12 he mistreats the afflicted and needy, commits robbery, does not return a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and does abominations;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "violent", "sheds", "blood", "does", "things", and "brother". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "violent" and "sheds", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "if he walks in My statutes and..." into verse 11's "though he himself did not do any...", so "violent" and "sheds" 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 "violent" and "sheds" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.