Ezekiel 3:19

3:19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. ¹ 

Ezekiel 3:21

3:21 However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he ²  does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

Ezekiel 18:17

18:17 refrains from wrongdoing, ³  does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; ⁴  he will surely live.

Ezekiel 18:19

18:19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer ⁵  for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live.

Ezekiel 18:21

18:21 “But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 33:4

33:4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Verses 17-19 are repeated in Ezek 33:7-9.

² tn Heb “the righteous man.”

³ tc This translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “restrains his hand from the poor,” which makes no sense here.

⁴ tn Or “in his father’s punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in vv. 18, 19, 20; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

⁵ tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

⁶ tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”