The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 17:17 (NKJV)
Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do anything in the war, when they heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off many persons.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 17:18 (NKJV)
Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.’ ”

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 17:19 (NIV)

‘“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: as surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath
and breaking my covenant.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 17:20 (NIV)

I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute
judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 17:21 (NKJV)
All his fugitives with all his troops shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered to every wind; and you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 17:22 (NKJV)
Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 17:23 (CSB)

I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain so that it may bear branches, produce fruit, and become a majestic cedar.
Birds of every kind will nest under it,taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 17:24 (CSB)

Then all the trees of the field will know
that I am the Lord.
I bring down the tall tree,
and make the low tree tall.
I cause the green tree to wither
and make the withered tree thrive.
I, the Lord, have spoken
and I will do it.’” ​

 

[Isny]

Ezekiel 18:1 (KJV)
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

 

[Isny]

Ezekiel 18:2 (KJV)
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

 

[Isny]

Ezekiel 18:3 (KJV)
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 18:4 (BSB)
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 18:5 (NASB)

“But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 18:6 (NASB)

if he does not eat at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 18:7 (NKJV)
If he has not oppressed anyone, But has restored to the debtor his pledge; Has robbed no one by violence, But has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 18:8 (BSB)
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

 

[LoveinChrist]

Ezekiel 18:9 (NKJV)

If he has walked in My statutes
And kept My judgments faithfully—
He is just;
He shall surely live!”
Says the Lord God.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 18:10 (CSB)

“But suppose the man has a violent son, who sheds blood and does any of these things,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 18:11 (CSB)

-though the father has done none of them.
Indeed, when the son eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 18:12 (NKJV)
If he has oppressed the poor and needy, Robbed by violence, Not restored the pledge, Lifted his eyes to the idols, Or committed abomination;