Ezekiel 18:16 (YLT)

Passage

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,

Nearby Context

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.

Ezekiel 18:18 His father--because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which <FI>is<Fi> not good did in the midst of his people, And lo, he is dying in his iniquity.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "man--he", "hath", "oppressed", "pledge", "bound", and "plunder". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "man--he" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "On the mountains he hath not eaten..." into verse 17's "From the afflicted he hath turned back...", so "man--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 "man--he" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.