Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 18:10
Verse Ezekiel 18:10. If he beget a son] Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.
Verse Ezekiel 18:10. If he beget a son] Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.
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” ...
A ROBBER. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:2.Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 19:13),. shedder of blood. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 9:6;...
Second link in the chain: this righteous man is the father of a violent son who sheds blood and does evil; the wicked son shall not live because of the righteousness of his father, he shall die in his...
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...
THAT DOETH THE LIKE TO ANY ONE OF THESE THINGS. — The prophet now enters upon the consideration of the second case, that of the son of a righteous father who takes to wicked courses, and it is shown t...
וְ הֹולִ֥יד בֵּן ־פָּרִ֖יץ שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ דָּ֑ם וְ
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...
_Robber. Hebrew, "breaker;" rude and lawless. Septuagint, "pestilent."_...
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...
_He has oppressed the poor and needy_: he had simply said, He has oppressed a man; but now to make the greatness of the crime appear, he speaks of the poor and needy: for cruelty in oppressing them is...
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...
IF HE BEGET A SON [THAT IS] A ROBBER, A SHEDDER OF BLOOD,.... But if this just man beget a son that is a thief and a murderer, as he may; for grace is not conveyed by natural generation, though sin is...
If he beget a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of blood, and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these [things], Ver. 10. _If he beget a son._] As he may; for grace is not hereditary. _Heroum fili...
_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...
The Principle of God's Avenging Justice...
If he beget a son that is a robber, one addicted to violence, A SHEDDER OF BLOOD, AND THAT DOETH THE LIKE TO ANY ONE OF THESE THINGS, becoming guilty of any of the sins mentioned in the next verses,...
ROBBER: Or, breaker up of an house THAT DOTH THE LIKE TO ANY ONE OF THESE THINGS: Or, that doeth to his brother, besides any of these...
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...
IF HE BEGET A SON; the just man before described, who transmits his nature, but cannot transmit his virtues, to his son. THAT IS A ROBBER; that by force and violence breaks over the law of God and man...
Ezekiel 18:10 begets H3205 (H8689) son H1121 robber H6530 shedder H8210 (H8802) blood H1818 does H6213 ...
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...
1 John 3:12; Exodus 21:12; Exodus 22:2; Genesis 9:5; Genesis 9:6;...