Ezekiel 18:6

And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, HATH NOT EATEN UPON THE MOUNTAINS - the high place, where altars were reared. A double sin: sacrificing elsewhere than at the temple in Jerusalem, where only God sanctioned sacrifice (); and this to idols instead of to Yahweh. "Eaten" refers to the feasts which were connected with the offering of sacrifices (see ; ; ; ;...

He says then, _if he has not eaten upon the mountains, and not raised his eyes to the abominable deeds of the house of Israel. _These two points respect the worship of God: for by the figure “a part for the whole” to eat, means to offer sacrifices: he refers to those to which banquets were added as appendages. And truly when Paul speaks of idolatry, he does not say, if any one bends his knees before stone or wood, but he quotes the words of Moses, that the people rose up to play after eating, that is, after banqueting. (1 Corinthians 10:7; Exodus 32:6.) Hence a feast is there taken for that sacrilegious profaneness when the people made for themselves a calf, and wished to worship God before it. When, therefore, it is now said, _if any one has not eaten upon, the mountains: _by a feast, as I have said, a sacrifice offered to idols is intended. Now we know

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 6:1 1. _HATH NOT EATEN UPON THE MOUNTAINS_] Idolatrous worship was generally performed on _mountains_ and _hills_; and those who offered sacrifices _feasted_ on the sacrifice, and thus held _communion_ with the idol. 2. _NEITHER HATH LIFTED UP HIS EYES TO THE IDOLS_] Has paid them no religious adoration; has trusted in them for nothing, and has not made prayer nor supplication before them. 3. _NEITHER HATH DEFILED HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE_] Has had no adulterous connexion with any woman; to which idolatrous feasts and worship particularly led. 4. _NEITHER HATH COME NIGH TO A MENSTRUOUS WOMAN_] Has abstained from the use of the marriage-bed during the periodical indisposition of his wife. This was absolutely forbidden by the law; and both the man and the woman who dis

EATEN, UPON THE MOUNTAINS - At the feast of idols, in contradiction to the command of Deuteronomy 12:17. IDOLS OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL - Idolatry was so popular that certain idols were counted as belonging to the people of Israel, of whom Yahweh was the true God....

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;...

[AND] HATH NOT EATEN UPON THE MOUNTAINS,.... Where temples and altars were built for idols, and sacrifices offered up to them; and where feasts were kept to the honour of them, and the sacrifices to them eaten; see Ezekiel 6:13; for otherwise it was not unlawful to eat common food on mountains, as well as on other places; but here it denotes idolatrous practices; and the Targum is, "and hath not served idols on the mountains:'' NEITHER HATH LIFTED UP HIS EYES TO THE IDOLS OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; their "dunghill gods" d as the word signifies; as not to the idols of the Gentiles, so not to those of Israel, as the calves at Dan and Bethel; these he does not worship, nor pray unto, or invoke, nor even give a pleasant and favourable look unto; but turned from them with abhorrence and contempt: NEITHER HATH DEFILED HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE; been guil

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

EATEN, &c. Implies sacrificing and partaking of the idolatrous feast. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 12:2 compared with verses: Ezekiel 18:11; Ezekiel 18:15). App-92. HATH LIFTED UP HIS EYES, he. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for worship. DEFILED, Be. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:20; Leviticus 20:10). COME NEAR. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:19;...

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 doing judgment or right and justice, Ezekiel 18:5. Then it is analysed into: (1) religious duties, Ezekiel 18:6; (2) duties relating to marriage and the relations of men and women, Ezekiel 18:6; (3) duties to one's neighbour, Ezekiel 18:7; and (4) finally all these duties are brought under the conception of obedience to the commands of God, Ezekiel 18:9....