Ezekiel 18:1
THE WORD. And the word. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORD. And the word. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND. the soil. Hebrew. _'admatk_. See note on Ezekiel 11:17. The fathers, &c. Compare Jeremiah 31:29; Jeremiah 31:30. CHILDREN'S. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. THE LORD GOD. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. ANY MORE. This refers to. future time, which has not yet come (Jeremiah 31:29; Jeremiah 31:30). Till then it is otherwise (Ezekiel 21:3.Lamentations 5:2; Lamentations 5:2), and has been since Genesis 3. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. SOULS. persons. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. SINNETH. Descendants were not punished for the sins of their ancestors, unless _they_ persevered in their ancestors' sins. Compare Exodus 20:5.Matthew 23:30. Here Hebrew. _chata',_ App-44. DIE. Die and live i... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
EATEN, &c. Implies sacrificing and partaking of the idolatrous feast. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 12:2 compared with verses: Ezekiel 18:11; Ezekiel 18:15). App-92. HATH LIFTED UP HIS EYES, he. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for worship. DEFILED, Be. Reference to P... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH NOT OPPRESSED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:21.Leviticus 25:14.Deuteronomy 23:10; Deuteronomy 23:10). App-92. HATH RESTORED, he. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:6; Deuteronomy 24:10; Deuteronomy 24:12;... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH NOT GIVEN FORTH, &c. Ref'. to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36; Leviticus 25:37; Deuteronomy 23:19). App-92. INIQUITY. trickery. Hebrew. _'aval_. App-44. Not the same word as in verses: Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 18:18; Ezekiel 18:19; Ezekiel 17:20 [ Continue Reading ]
HATH WALKED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:5.Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 10:13;... [ Continue Reading ]
A ROBBER. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:2.Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 19:13),. shedder of blood. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:12.Numbers 35:31; Numbers 35:31). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 20:9; Leviticus 20:11; Leviticus 20:12; Leviticus 20:13; Leviticus 20:16; Leviticus 20:27). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH NOT, &c. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and bath not", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POOR. the oppressed. The Septuagint reads "injustice", as in Ezekiel 18:8. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. Not the same word as in or. Eze 8:24, Eze 8:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON, he. Reference to Pentateuch (Deu 24:26). App-92. THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. WICKEDNESS... THE WICKED. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew text margin, with some codices and three early printed editions, read lawless ones".... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL HIS SINS. Hebrew text reads "any sin of his"; but the margin, some codices, and two early printed editions, read "all his sins". HE SHALL NOT DIE, Note the Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6), here, Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and not die... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSIONS. Heb, _pasha'._ App-44. MENTIONED UNTO. remembered against, No "purgatory "here.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE. ANY PLEASURE. ? Answered in Ezekiel 18:32. WAYS. Many codiecs, with eight early printed editions, read plural; but others, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "way" (singular) SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIGHTEOUSNESS. So Hebrew text; but margin, with scone codices and one early printed edition, read plural. "none of his righteous acts The Hebrew verb is plural TRESPASS. TRESPASSED. Hebrew. _ma' al._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. This is one of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ say that they changed " _Jehovah_ " of the primitive text to " _Adonai_ ". See App-32. EQUAL, See note on "pondereth", Proverbs 21:2, unequal. Note the Figure of speech _Anticategoria_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREBY, &c. The. Septuagint reads "which ye have committed against Me". HEART. SPIRIT. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for all that is of the spirit, and not of the flesh. Compare Luke 1:44; Luke 1:47; John 4:24. "The flesh profiteth nothing" (John 6:63). SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ru... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE NO PLEASURE. This is the answer to the question in Ezekiel 18:23.... [ Continue Reading ]