What Does Ezekiel 18:13 Mean?

“upon usury”

interest on a debt

“Hath given forth”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“increase”

multiplication, i.e., percentage or bonus in addition to principal

“and hath taken”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“shall he then live”

to live; causatively to revive

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“he shall not live”

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all these abominations”

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

these or those

“he hath done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“die”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“die”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“his blood”

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)