Ezekiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind 1  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. 2 

Ezekiel 18:20

18:20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer 3  for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer 4  for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness. 5 

1 tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

2 sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

3 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

4 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

5 tn Heb “the righteousness of the righteous one will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked one will be upon him.”