Ezekiel 18:15

Modern

He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

Traditional

That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife,

Literal

…on the mountains he has not eaten; and his eyes he has not lifted to the idols of the house of Israel; the wife of his neighbor he has not defiled,

Latin

…super montes non comederit, et oculos suos non levaverit ad idola domus Israël, et uxorem proximi sui non violaverit:

Hebrew

English

He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

The righteous son of an evil man will surely live. God will judge each person individually.

This section includes eight metaphors, each showing from a different angle the certainty of Jerusalem's upcoming judgment. The images are of:

Ezekiel 18:6–7
He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
Ezekiel 18:11–13
…though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes