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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...
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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” ...
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HATH WALKED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:5.Deuteronomy
4:1; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 5:6;...
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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...
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The man who acts thus (Ezekiel 18:5) hath walked in God's statutes and
he shall live. For "to deal truly," LXX. reads: _to do them_, by
transposition of two letters, which is more natural.
With the i...
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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...
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Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal
truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
TO DEAL TRULY - with integrity.
HE SHALL SURELY LIVE - literally, live...
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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...
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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
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In this chapter, the *Lord explains that each person...
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בְּ חֻקֹּותַ֧י יְהַלֵּ֛ךְ וּ
מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י שָׁמַ֖ר...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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We yesterday explained why the Prophet says that no one is just unless
_he withdraw his hands from iniquity, _because many occasions tempt us
to injure others: unless we restrain ourselves in a middle...
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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...
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HATH WALKED IN MY STATUTES,.... Respecting the worship of God and true
religion; being observant of all laws and ordinances relating
thereunto:
AND HATH KEPT MY JUDGMENTS TO DEAL TRULY; in things mor...
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_Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal
truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD._
Ver. 9. _Hath walked in my statutes._] _Qui leges iuraque servat._ It...
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_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...
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The Principle of God's Avenging Justice...
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hath walked in My statutes and hath kept My judgments, in all
ordinances, whether pertaining to Israel only or to all men, TO DEAL
TRULY, with sound integrity: HE IS JUST, HE SHALL SURELY LIVE, SAITH...
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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...
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WALKED; framed his life, and managed his conversation, conformed to
the good, just, and holy ordinances of God. In my statutes; in matters
of religion, hath kept to the direction of God's law. KEPT MY...
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Ezekiel 18:9 walked H1980 (H8762) statutes H2708 kept H8104 (H8804)
judgments H4941 faithfully H6213 (H8800) just...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 18:1 God holds each generation accountable
for its own sins.
⇐ ⇔...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 18:5 Ezekiel describes three generations: a
righteous father (vv. Ezekiel 18:5) and his wicked son (vv....
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:7; Acts 24:16; Amos 5:14; Amos 5:24;...
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Shall live — Shall be delivered from famine, pestilence, and sword,
and shall see good days....