Ezekiel 18:8 (LSB)

Passage

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,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:6 and 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 or approach a woman during her menstrual period—

Ezekiel 18:7 if a man does not mistreat anyone, but returns to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "does", "lend", "money", "interest", "take", "increase", "turns", and "hand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "does" and "lend", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "if a man does not mistreat anyone..." into verse 9's "if he walks in My statutes and...", so "does" and "lend" 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 "does" and "lend" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.