Ezekiel 18:16

Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, NOW, LO, IF HE BEGOT A SON, THAT SEETH ALL HIS FATHER'S SINS ... AND DOETH NOT SUCH LIKE. The third case: a son who walks not in the steps of an unrighteous father, but in the ways of God; e.g., Josiah, the pious son of guilty Amon; Hezekiah, of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:1; 2 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 21:1; 2 Kings 22:1). SEETH ... AND CONSIDERETH. The same Hebrew [ raa'ah (H7200...

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. Whatever outward sufferings come upon men through the sins of others, they deserve for their own sins all they suffer; and the Lord overrules every event for the eternal good of believers. All souls are in the hand of the great Creator: he will deal with them in justice or mercy; nor will any perish for the sins of another, who is not in some sense worthy of death for his own. We all have sinned, and our souls must be lost, if God deal with us according to his holy law; but we are invited to come to Christ. If a man who had shown his faith by his works, had a wicked son, whose character and conduct were the reverse of his parent's, could it be expected he should escape the Divine vengeance...

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 lips of his countrymen, and had seen its working in their hearts, the proverb with which they blunted their sense of personal responsibility. They had to bear the punishment of sins which they had not committed. The sins of the fathers were visited, as in Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:7;...

NEITHER HATH OPPRESSED ANY,.... Ezekiel 18:7. HATH NOT WITHHOLDEN THE PLEDGE; or, hath not pledged the pledge h. The meaning is, not that he had not given one, but had not taken one. So the Targum, "the pledge he hath not taken;'' or, if he did, he did not keep it beyond the time the law directs, but restored it to him whose it was; NEITHER HATH SPOILED BY VIOLENCE, [BUT] HATH GIVEN HIS BREAD TO THE HUNGRY, AND HATH COVERED THE NAKED WITH A GARMENT. The rest of the verse is the same with Ezekiel 18:7. h חבל לא חבל "pignus non pignoravit", Vatablus; "pignus non acceperit in pignus", Pagninus; "pignori", Montanus....

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” (Ezekiel 18:4). But the conditions to have life and to be just cannot be fulfilled by sinful man; nor is In these verses “eternal life” in view; these are not conditions to secure “eternal life,” but to escape physical death in the announced judgment. The conditions which bring death are given in Ezekiel 18:10. The son does not die for his father's sins, as th

_withholden the pledge_ TAKEN AUGHT TO PLEDGE, as R.V....

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 has been to reinforce the announcement of Jerusalem's judgment by refuting the erroneous bases of the exile's confidence which led them to believe that Jerusalem could never be destroyed. In these Chapter s Ezekiel deals with seven false attitudes which are in some cases explicitly stated and in other cases implied in the text. The chart below will serve as a review of the argumentation found in Chapter s 12-19. REVIEW OF CHAPTER S 12-19 Popular Rationalization Prophetic Response Prophecies of doom have failed to materialize God loves us too much to destroy us (Ezekiel 12:22) Judgments against Judah belong to some distant future age No cause for

18:16 withholden (b-7) Or 'taken.'...

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 truth in this, the proverb was used in a false and mischievous sense. It led the present generation to ignore their own sin, to doubt the justice of God's providence, to despair of escape from the working of a blind fate. Ezekiel, consequently, emphasised in the strongest way the truths of individual responsibility, and of God's impartiality in dealing with every man according to his own character (Ezekiel 18:1). If a man is righteous he shall live (Ezekiel 18:5). If a righteous man has a wicked son, the son will not be saved by his father's righteousness, but will die ...

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 is responsible for his own *sin. EACH PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE TO GOD – EZEKIEL 18:1-32 V1 The *LORD spoke to me again. V2 ‘People say this about the country called *Israel: “The fathers eat the sour *grapes. But the children get the sour taste.” What the people mean by this is not right. V3 I am the God who lives. And this is what the *LORD your King says. Y