Ezekiel 18:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

The last verse of Ezekiel 17 gives occasion for a declaration of the principle upon which God’s providential dispensations proceed, namely, that every individual shall be equitably dealt with - a principle that precludes the children from either presuming on the father’s merits or despairing on account of the father’s guilt. This chapter is an enlargement of Jeremiah 31:29, and sets forth fully the doctrine of individual responsibility.

Ezekiel 18:1

1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,