George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 18:7
Wronged. Literally, "constristated." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "oppressed," maliciously.
Wronged. Literally, "constristated." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "oppressed," maliciously.
Verse Ezekiel 7:5. _HATH NOT OPPRESSED ANY_] Has not used his power or influence to oppress, pain, or injure another. 6. _HATH RESTORED TO THE DEBTOR HIS PLEDGE_] Has carefully surrendered the pawn...
Ezekiel 18:1. In Ezekiel 18:1, we find the false accusation against God and the divine answer, and this is followed in Ezekiel 18:5 by the conditions of life, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die” ...
HATH NOT OPPRESSED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:21.Leviticus 25:14.Deuteronomy 23:10; Deuteronomy 23:10). App
_hath not oppressed_ In Ezekiel 18:12 the opposite course reads: hath oppressed the poor and needy. Occasion of oppression would arise when the poor was in debt (Amos 2:6-7); or being unprotected he m...
Developement of the principle in three instances, chosen so as to exhibit it in its most paradoxical form 5 9. The man that is righteous shall live. First, his righteousness is defined generally as do...
Duties to one's neighbour....
CHAPTER NINE DOCTRINES AND DIRGES 18:1-19:14 In Chapter s 18 and 19 Ezekiel brings to a close the long section of his book which began in chapter 12. The prophet's purpose in these eight Chapter s ha...
And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; HATH RESTORED T...
GOD'S EQUITY VINDICATED The popular view of Israel's calamities, as expressed in a current proverb, was that they were the punishment of the sins of former generations. Though there was a measure of t...
RESTORED.. HIS PLEDGE] see Exodus 22:6; Deuteronomy 24:12....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 18 * In this chapter, the *Lord explains that each person...
TO THE DEBTOR HIS PLEDGE. — In the simple state of early Hebrew society borrowing was resorted to only by the very poor, and the law abounds in precepts against any oppression or taking advantage in s...
וְ אִישׁ֙ לֹ֣א יֹונֶ֔ה חֲבֹלָתֹ֥ו חֹוב֙ יָשִׁ
THE RELIGION OF THE INDIVIDUAL Ezekiel 18:1 IN the sixteenth chapter, as we have seen, Ezekiel has asserted in the most unqualified terms the validity of the principle of national retribution. The na...
The next prophecy was directed against the false attitude of mind obtaining among the exiled people, which had expressed itself in a proverb, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's te...
I include all these verses under one view in reading, the better to gather also into one view the just and unalterable reasoning of the Lord upon them. Here are three cases stated, in a father, and a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. Chapter 18 contains an important principle of the dealings of God, unfolded at that period. God would judge the individual according to his own con...
AND HATH NOT OPPRESSED ANY,.... By fraud or force, particularly the poor, to the great grief and hurt of them: [BUT] HATH RESTORED TO THE DEBTOR HIS PLEDGE; which was pawned; not embezzling it, or ke...
And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; Ver. 7. _And ha...
_If a man be just_ Or _righteous_, rather, as the word צדיק properly signifies; for it is not mere honesty, but true religion that is intended. _And hath not eaten upon the mountains_ Feasted on the s...
and hath not oppressed any, no matter with what degree of violence this was done, Exodus 22:28; Leviticus 25:14, BUT HATH RESTORED TO THE DEBTOR HIS PLEDGE, the Law requiring that this raiment be rest...
The Principle of God's Avenging Justice...
1-20 The soul that sinneth it shall die. As to eternity, every man was, is, and will be dealt with, as his conduct shows him to have been under the old covenant of works, or the new covenant of grace...
HATH NOT OPPRESSED; by rigorous dealing grieve, injure, or damnify, and cause them to cry out, EZEKIEL 22:9 MALACHI 7:10, which is done many ways; and how slyly soever it is done, yet it is a crying s...
Ezekiel 18:7 oppressed H3238 (H8686) anyone H376 restored H7725 (H8686) debtor H2326 pledge H2258 robbed H1497 ...
THE RIGHTEOUS FATHER. “But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right, and has not eaten on the mountains, nor has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor has defiled his n...
CONTENTS: Ethical instructions for Israel in captivity. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: He who makes conscience of conforming in everything to the will of God, who makes it his business to serv...
Ezekiel 18:2. _The fathers have eaten sour_ (unripe) _grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge._ Chaldaic, the children follow them. This proverb threw the blame on their fathers, on Adam, on...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 18:1 God holds each generation accountable for its own sins. ⇐ ⇔...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 18:5 Ezekiel describes three generations: a righteous father (vv. Ezekiel 18:5) and his wicked son (vv....
(Ezekiel 18:5.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—True righteousness is described as the fulfilment of the commandments of God. Through such righteousness the righteous shall live. Ezekiel 18:5. “THAT WHICH IS LAWFU...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 18:1, EZEKIEL 18:2 WHAT MEAN YE, THAT YE USE THIS PROVERB, etc.? Another and entirely different section opens, and we see at once from what it started. Ezekiel had heard from the l...
CHAPTER 18. THE RETRIBUTIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. Ezekiel 18:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_ Ezekiel 18:2. _Why do ye use this proverb upon the land of Israel, saying, The fathers...
Now there are instructions for those who have been taken to Babylon, and Ezekiel now turns and speaks to them. The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, What mean ye, that you use this proverb conce...
1 John 3:16; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; 2 Corinthians 8:7;...