John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 18:13

"hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him." — Ezekiel 18:13 (ASV)

Has given forth upon usury, and has taken increase
Contrary to the law of God; (See Gill on Ezekiel 18:8); will he then live ?
by virtue of his father's righteousness and goodness, free from calamities, and in the quiet possession of the land of Israel, and the good things of it:

he will not live ;
but go into captivity, and be destitute of the good things of life he has enjoyed; and, without repentance, will never have eternal life:

he has done all these abominations ;
before mentioned; theft, murder, idolatry, adultery, oppression of the poor, and usury, sins against both tables of the law:

he will surely die ;
the death of affliction, or undergo temporal punishment; and not only die corporeally, but eternally too, if grace prevent not: "in dying he will die" ^F6 ; as in the Hebrew text; he will die both the first and second death; his father's goodness will not save him from either:

his blood will be upon him ;
or "bloods" ^F7 ; the innocent blood he has shed, which he must answer for being guilty of, and will not escape righteous judgment, and his own blood, the destruction of himself; he will be the cause of his own ruin, and bring just punishment on his own head.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: (tmwy twm) "moriendo morietur", Pagninus, Montanus.
• F7: (wymd) "sanguines ejus", Montanus.