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Ezekiel 18 - Summary

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God rejects the proverb that children suffer for parents' sins, declaring that the soul that sins shall die—but the righteous shall live. If a wicked person turns from sin, he will live; if the righteous turns to wickedness, he will die. God takes no pleasure in death but calls all to repent and live.

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Ezekiel
Ezekiel

Priest-prophet who ministered to the exiles in Babylon

Places in This Chapter

Babylon
Babylon

Place of exile where Ezekiel received his visions and prophesied

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Jerusalem
Jerusalem

City whose destruction Ezekiel prophesied and saw in visions

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Position in Book

Call and CommissionChapters 1-3
Judgment on JerusalemChapters 4-24

Symbolic acts, visions of idolatry, God's glory departing the temple.

Judgment on NationsChapters 25-32
Restoration PromisesChapters 33-39
The New TempleChapters 40-48