Ezekiel 18:15 (YLT)

Passage

On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour he hath not defiled,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 18:13 In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on him.

Ezekiel 18:14 And--lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and he feareth, And doth not do like them,

Ezekiel 18:15 On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour he hath not defiled,

Ezekiel 18:16 A man--he hath not oppressed, A pledge he hath not bound, And plunder he hath not taken away, His bread to the hungry he hath given, And the naked he covered with a garment,

Ezekiel 18:17 From the afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase he hath not taken, My judgments he hath done, In My statutes he hath walked, He doth not die for the iniquity of his father, He doth surely live.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mountains", "hath", "eaten", "eyes", "lifted", "idols", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mountains" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And--lo he hath begotten a son And..." into verse 16's "A man--he hath not oppressed A pledge...", so "mountains" 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 "mountains" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.