Ezekiel 18:13 (LSB)

Passage

he lends money on interest and takes increase; will he live? He will not live! He has done all these abominations; he will surely be put to death; his blood will be on himself.

Nearby Context

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;

Ezekiel 18:13 he lends money on interest and takes increase; will he live? He will not live! He has done all these abominations; he will surely be put to death; his blood will be on himself.

Ezekiel 18:14 “Now behold, he has a son who has seen all his father’s sins which he has done. And he saw this but does not do likewise.

Ezekiel 18:15 He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lends", "money", "interest", "takes", "increase", "live", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lends" and "money", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "he mistreats the afflicted and needy commits..." into verse 14's "Now behold he has a son who...", so "lends" and "money" 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 "lends" and "money" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.