Ezekiel 18

Ezekiel 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.^[1]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew language.
• This chapter is divided into 32 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

• Masoretic Text
  • Codex Cairensis (895 CE)
  • Aleppo Codex (10th century)
  • Leningrad Codex (1008-1009)

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

• Septuagint
• Theodotion version (~AD 180)

Structure

NKJV groups this chapter into:

• Ezekiel 18:1-18 = A False Proverb Refuted
• Ezekiel 18:19-32 = Turn and Live

Verse 4

“Behold, all souls are Mine;

The soul of the father

As well as the soul of the son is Mine;

The soul who sins shall die. (NKJV)^[2]

• "Soul" (Hebrew: חידה khî-ḏāh): the Hebrew word has a meaning of "enigmatic statements that require further interpretation", "allegorical and figurative", "dark, obscure utterance".^[3][4]
• "Parable" (Hebrew: משל mā-shāl;): "similitude" which is generally used in proverbs, generally form a comparison.^[5][6]

Verse 32

For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God.'

“Therefore turn and live!”^[7]

• "Turn" (Hebrew: השיבו hā-shî-ḇū, from the root verb שׁוּביבו shuḇ): the Hebrew word has a meaning of "turn back", "return, come or go back", "turn about", "be converted (as a sinner)."^[8][9]

See also

• Related Bible parts: 2 Kings 24, 2 Chronicles 36, Isaiah 11, Jeremiah 52, Matthew 13

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Brown, Francis; Briggs, Charles A.; Driver, S. R. (1994). The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (reprint ed.). Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1565632066. 
• Clements, Ronald E (1996). Ezekiel. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664252724. 
• Gesenius, H. W. F. (1979). Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures: Numerically Coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, with an English Index. Translated by Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux (7th ed.). Baker Book House. 
• Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary. Continuum. ISBN 9780567483614. 

External links

Jewish

• Ezekiel 18 Hebrew with Parallel English
• Ezekiel 18 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary

Christian

• Ezekiel 18 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate