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Ezekiel 18:13
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11 And does none of those duties,
But has eaten1 on the mountains
Or defiled his neighbor’s wife; 
12 If he has oppressed the poor and needy,
Robbed by violence,
Not restored the pledge,
Lifted his eyes to the idols,
Or acommitted abomination; 
13 If he has exacted usury
Or taken increase—
Shall he then live?
He shall not live!
If he has done any of these abominations,
He shall surely die;
aHis blood shall be upon him. 
14 “If, however, he begets a son
Who sees all the sins which his father has done,
And considers but does not do likewise;
15 aWho has not eaten1 on the mountains,
Nor lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
Nor defiled his neighbor’s wife; 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ezekiel 18:13

shall he . . . live?—because of the merits of his father; answering, by contrast, to "die for the iniquity of his father" (Ezekiel 18:17).

his blood shall be upon him—The cause of his bloody death shall rest with himself; God is not to blame, but is vindicated as just in punishing him.



Ezekiel 18:10-13

The second case is that of an impious son of a pious father. His pious parentage, so far from excusing, aggravates his guilt.

robber—or literally, "a breaker," namely, through all constraints of right.

doeth the like to any one—The Hebrew and the parallel (Ezekiel 18:18) require us to translate rather, "doeth to his brother any of these things," namely, the things which follow in Ezekiel 18:11, etc. [MAURER].


 
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