Ezekiel 18:18
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As for his father, because he oppressed and offered violence to his brother, and wrought evil in the midst of his people, behold he is dead in his own iniquity.

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Ezekiel 18:4,20,24,26 Behold all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die. . . .

Ezekiel 3:18 If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.

Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

John 8:21,24 Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go: and you shall seek me. And you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come. . . .

Context
A Proverb about Israel
17That hath turned away his hand from injuring the poor, hath not taken usury and increase, but hath executed my judgments, and hath walked in my commandments: this man shall not die for the iniquity of his father, but living he shall live. 18As for his father, because he oppressed and offered violence to his brother, and wrought evil in the midst of his people, behold he is dead in his own iniquity.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:

Ezekiel 18:17
That hath turned away his hand from injuring the poor, hath not taken usury and increase, but hath executed my judgments, and hath walked in my commandments: this man shall not die for the iniquity of his father, but living he shall live.

Ezekiel 18:19
And you say: Why hath not the son borne the iniquity of his father? Verily, because the son hath wrought judgment and justice, hath kept all my commandments, and done them, living, he shall live.

Lexicon
As for his father,
אָבִ֞יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

he will die
מֵ֖ת (mêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

for his own iniquity,
בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ׃ (ba·‘ă·wō·nōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he practiced
עָ֣שַׁק (‘ā·šaq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

extortion,
עֹ֗שֶׁק (‘ō·šeq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6233: Injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain

robbed
גָּזַל֙ (gā·zal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob

his brother,
אָ֔ח (’āḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

and did
עָשָׂ֖ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

what
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (wa·’ă·šer)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

was wrong
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

among
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

his people.
עַמָּ֑יו (‘am·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


Additional Translations
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, see, even he shall die in his iniquity.

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity.

As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, stripped his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

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