Ezekiel 18:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. ”

Ezekiel 18:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All souls are mine - Man is not simply to ascribe his existence to earthly parents, but to acknowledge as his Father Him who created man in His own image, and who gave and gives him the spirit of...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 18. The Principle of Retribution. From many points of view the imminent doom has been abundantly justified. But on whom will it fall? on the innocent and guilty alike? This chapter proclaim...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. souls . persons. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. sinneth. Descendants were not punished for the sins of their ancestors, unless they persevered in th...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We now see why an oath is interposed, while he pronounces that he will take care that the Jews should not ridicule any longer Behold, says he , all souls are mine; as the sole of the son so...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. All souls are mine - Equally so; I am the Father of the spirits of all...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The soul that sinneth, it shall die— That is, "all shall be treated equally and without any respect of persons. God will punish or reward according to the good or evil which every one shall have do...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. All souls are mine - therefore I can deal with all, being my o...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All souls are mine. — This is the basis of the subsequent teaching. Since all alike belong to God and are absolutely in His power. He has no occasion to punish one lest another should escape; and a...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RELIGION OF THE INDIVIDUAL Ezekiel 18:1-32 IN the sixteenth chapter, as we have seen, Ezekiel has asserted in the most unqualified terms the validity of the principle of national retributio...
Ezekiel 18:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The next prophecy was directed against the false attitude of mind obtaining among the exiled people, which had expressed itself in a proverb, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's t...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It should seem by the scope of reasoning the Lord is pleased to adopt in this chapter, that the proverb here used was an indirect reflection upon God. It was probably the scoffer's comment upon the s...
Ezekiel 18:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CURE FOR FATALISM ‘All souls are Mine.’ Ezekiel 18:4 I. How magnificent the attribute here asserted! —Seven or eight hundred souls are here at this moment inside these bodies. The compr...
Ezekiel 18:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, all souls are mine ,.... By creation; they being the immediate produce of his power; hence he is called "the Father of spirits", Hebrews 12:9 , or the souls of men; these he has an apparent...
Ezekiel 18:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Ver. 4. Behold all souls are mine. ] So that to show my sovereignty...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, all souls are mine As they are all equally my creatures, and in my power, so my dealings with them shall be without prejudice or partiality. The soul that sinneth, it shall die The very s...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverb of the Sour Grapes; Reply to the Sour Grapes; Divine Judgments Vindicated. B. C. 593. ...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There can be no colour of partial judgment in the proceedings of God, who is equally God to all; who hath as great interest in the son as in the father, and as kindly would deal with the son as with...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Behold all lives are mine. As the life of the father, so also the life of the son is mine. The one who sins, he will die.” The use of the word ‘soul' for nephesh in modern translations is misleadin...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE EQUITY OF THE DIVINE JUSTICE (chap. 18) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The judgments announced in chaps. 8, 11, were intended to bring Israel to repentance. But this salutary purpose was frustrated by the ma...
Ezekiel 18:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 18:1-4 This chapter helps us to clear up a puzzle which has tormented the minds of men in all ages whenever they have thought of God, and of whether God meant them well or meant them ill....
Ezekiel 18:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 18:2 . The fathers have eaten sour (unripe) grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. Chaldaic, the children follow them. This proverb threw the blame on their fathers, on Adam,...
Ezekiel 18:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. The gospel of the exile incarnate in Ezekiel (with Ezekiel 36:2...
Ezekiel 18:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 ha...
Ezekiel 18:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Parable of the Sour Grapes
Ezekiel 18:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 18:20 ; Galatians 3:10-13 ; Galatians 3:22 ; Hebrews 12:9 ; Numbers 16:22 ; Numbers 27:16 ; Romans 6:23 ; Zechariah 12:1
Ezekiel 18:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Behold — There can be no colour of partial judgment in the proceedings of God, who is equally God to all. All souls — All persons. The soul — The person, whether father or son, shall die, shall bea...

Ezekiel 18:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 18:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 18:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 18:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 18:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 18:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 18:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 18:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 18:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 18:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 18:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 18:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 18:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 18:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 18:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 18:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes