Ezekiel 18:20

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. THE SON SHALL NOT BEAR THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHER - (, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers." So Amaziah dealt with the murderers of his father, Joash king of Judah; ). THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE UPON HIM, AND THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED SHALL BE UPON HIM - i:e., the reward for righteousness and the punishment of wickedness shall be upon the righteous and the wicked respectively. "Righteousness" is not used as if...

Ezekiel still pursues the sentiment which we have explained, namely, that God is a just judge and treats every one according to his conduct; as Paul says, As each has lived in the flesh, so God lays up a reward for him. (Romans 8:13.) But he more clearly refuted the proverb, that the sons should suffer for their fathers’ sins. He says, then, that each when he comes before God’s tribunal should be judged by his works. As far then as the general sentiment is concerned, it is in accordance with common sense that God should exact punishment of the wicked, and that they should receive the just reward of their works. But in the next clause, the question arises how the Spirit here pronounces that the son should not pay the penalty due to the father, when God so often declares that he visits the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Exodus 2

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...

Verse Ezekiel 18:20. _THE SOUL THAT SINNETH, IT SHALL DIE._] Hitherto we have had to do with the _simple cases_ of the _righteous_ and the _wicked_; of him who _lived and died a holy man_, and of him who _lived and_ _died a wicked man_. But there are _two cases_ behind: 1. That of the _wicked man_, who _repents_ and _turns to God_. 2. That of the _righteous_ man, who _backslides_, and _does not return to God_ by repentance. On both these cases God decides thus:-...

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;...

THE SOUL THAT SINNETH, IT SHALL DIE,.... This is repeated from Ezekiel 18:4, for the further confirmation of it: THE SON SHALL NOT BEAR THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHER, NEITHER SHALL THE FATHER BEAR THE INIQUITY OF THE SON; that is, as the Targum paraphrases it, "the son shall not be punished for the sins of the father, nor shall the father be punished for the sins of the son.'' This is to be understood of adult persons, and of actual sins; for of such only the prophet speaks throughout the whole chapter, or of temporal, and not of eternal punishment: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE UPON HIM; he shall be rewarded with temporal good things in this life, according to his righteousness; which, as the Targum says, shall "remain" upon him; see...

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

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"....

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

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 ...