Ezekiel 18:4

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2 “What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying:
‘The ^afathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

3 “As I live,” says the Lord God, “you shall no longer use this proverb in Israel.

4 “Behold, all souls are ^aMine;
The soul of the father
As well as the soul of the son is Mine;
^bThe soul who sins shall die.

5 But if a man is just
And does what is lawful and right;

6 ^aIf he has not eaten¹ on the mountains,
Nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
Nor ^bdefiled his neighbor’s wife,
Nor approached ^ca woman during her impurity;

7 If he has not ^aoppressed anyone,
But has restored to the debtor his ^bpledge;
Has robbed no one by violence,
But has ^cgiven his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with ^dclothing;

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ezekiel 18:4

All souls are mine - Equally so; I am the Father of the spirits of all flesh, and shall deal impartially with the whole.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die - None shall die for another' s crimes, none shall be saved by another' s righteousness. Here is the general judgment relative to the righteousness and unrighteousness of men, and the influence of one man' s state on that of another; particularly in respect to their moral conduct.

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