Ezekiel 18:10 (YLT)

Passage

And--he hath begotten a son, A burglar--a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

Ezekiel 18:9 In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept--to deal truly, Righteous <FI>is<Fi> he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 18:10 And--he hath begotten a son, A burglar--a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,

Ezekiel 18:11 And he all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour he hath defiled,

Ezekiel 18:12 The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "and--he", "hath", "begotten", "burglar--a", "shedder", "blood", and "brother". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "and--he" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "In My statutes he doth walk And..." into verse 11's "And he all those hath not done...", so "and--he" 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 "and--he" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.