Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Ezekiel 18:13
His blood shall be upon him— "He hath drawn down upon himself the utmost distress by his sin; which can be imputed to no other than himself." The Chaldee renders it, He is condemned to die.
His blood shall be upon him— "He hath drawn down upon himself the utmost distress by his sin; which can be imputed to no other than himself." The Chaldee renders it, He is condemned to die.
Verse Ezekiel 18:13. _SHALL HE THEN LIVE?_] Because his father was a righteous man, shall the father's holiness be imputed to him? No! _HE SHALL SURELY DIE; HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIM._] He shall su...
LIVE ... DIE - In the writings of Ezekiel there is a development of the meaning of “life” and “death.” In the holy land the sanctions of divine government were in great degree temporal; so that the pr...
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” ...
HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 20:9; Leviticus 20:11; Leviticus 20:12; Leviticus 20:13;...
_shall surely die_ The formula common in the law, "shall surely be put to death," Leviticus 20:11; Exodus 21:15; Exodus 22:18. _his blood … upon him_ He shall suffer the death due to his own deeds, ch...
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...
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, IF HE BEGET A SON THAT IS A ROBBER. The second case is that of an impious son of a pious...
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...
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...
HATH DONE ALL THESE ABOMINATIONS. — This expression is collective, while that in Ezekiel 18:10 is partitive. This is not because he who commits one sin is considered as having committed all, but becau...
בַּ † נֶּ֧שֶׁךְ נָתַ֛ן וְ תַרְבִּ֥ית לָקַ֖ח...
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...
Hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; (c) he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. (c) He shows...
_Him. He alone is answerable, and shall suffer._...
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...
HATH GIVEN FORTH UPON USURY, AND HATH TAKEN INCREASE,.... Contrary to the law of God; Ezekiel 18:8; SHALL HE THEN LIVE? by virtue of his father's righteousness and goodness, free from calamities, and...
Hath given forth upon usury, 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. Ver. 13. _He hath d...
_If he_ The righteous man before described, who transmits his human nature, but cannot transmit his graces and virtues to his son; _beget a son who is a robber_, &c. Who is guilty of any of the evil p...
hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? Is it possible for him to become a partaker of that fullness of life which God has intended for His children? HE SHALL NOT LIV...
The Principle of God's Avenging Justice...
BLOOD: _ Heb._ bloods...
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...
See EZEKIEL 18:8. SHALL HE THEN LIVE? Do you think his father's righteousness shall preserve him from the punishment his own unrighteousness deserveth, my law threateneth, and my justice inflicteth? S...
Ezekiel 18:13 exacted H5414 (H8804) usury H5392 taken H3947 (H8804) live H2425 (H8804) live H2421 ...
THE WICKED SON. The purpose of the comparison is to refute the idea that a man suffers or benefits as far as God is concerned because of his family connections. A man may naturally benefit, or otherw...
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 18:10) EXEGETICAL NOTES—Two cases are here supposed: (1). That of a righteous father who begets an unrighteous son. (2). That of a righteous son who refuses to copy the evil example of his f...
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...
Acts 18:6; Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 18:28; Ezekiel 18:32
His blood — Heb. 'Tis plural, bloods; both the blood of the innocent which he murdered, and his own blood which thereby he forfeited; the blood of his own soul and life: that is the whole blame of his...