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Ezekiel 18:1 open_in_new
The word. And the word.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Ezekiel 18:2 open_in_new
the land. the soil. Hebrew. 'admatk. See note on Ezekiel 11:17. The fathers, &c. Compare Jeremiah 31:29; Jeremiah 31:30.
children's. sons.
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Ezekiel 18:3 open_in_new
saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
the Lord God. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
any more. This refers to. future time, which has not yet come (Jeremiah 31:29; Jeremiah 31:30). Till then it is otherwise (Ezekiel 21:3.Lamentations 5:2; Lamentations 5:2), and has been since Genesis 3. Compare Romans 5:12-21.
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Ezekiel 18:4 open_in_new
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 their ancestors' sins. Compare Exodus 20:5.Matthew 23:30-32. Here Hebrew. chata', App-44.
die. Die and live in this chapter are used in the sense of Ezekiel 8:18.
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Ezekiel 18:5 open_in_new
man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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Ezekiel 18:6 open_in_new
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; Leviticus 20:18).
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Ezekiel 18:7 open_in_new
hath not oppressed, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:21.Leviticus 25:14.Deuteronomy 23:10; Deuteronomy 23:10). App-92.
hath restored, he. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:6; Deuteronomy 24:10; Deuteronomy 24:12; Deuteronomy 24:13). App-92.
hath given his bread, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 15:7; Deuteronomy 15:8).
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Ezekiel 18:8 open_in_new
hath not given forth, &c. Ref'. to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36; Leviticus 25:37; Deuteronomy 23:19). App-92.
iniquity. trickery. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44. Not the same word as in verses: Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 18:18; Ezekiel 18:19; Ezekiel 17:20, Eze 17:30.
hath executed, he. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:15; Leviticus 19:35.Deuteronomy 1:16; Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:18-20). App-92.
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Ezekiel 18:9 open_in_new
Hath walked, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:5.Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 11:1).
he shall surely live. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:5),
live. See note on Leviticus 18:5.
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Ezekiel 18:10 open_in_new
a robber. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:2.Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 19:13),. shedder of blood. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:12.Numbers 35:31; Numbers 35:31). App-92.
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Ezekiel 18:13 open_in_new
his blood shall be upon him. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 20:9; Leviticus 20:11; Leviticus 20:12; Leviticus 20:13; Leviticus 20:16; Leviticus 20:27). App-92.
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Ezekiel 18:15 open_in_new
hath not, &c. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and bath not", &c.
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Ezekiel 18:17 open_in_new
the poor. the oppressed. The Septuagint reads "injustice", as in Ezekiel 18:8.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44. Not the same word as in or. Eze 8:24, Eze 8:26.
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Ezekiel 18:18 open_in_new
people. peoples
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Ezekiel 18:20 open_in_new
The son, he. Reference to Pentateuch (Deu 24:26). App-92.
the righteous. a righteous one.
wickedness... the wicked. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
the wicked. a lawless one. Hebrew text margin, with some codices and three early printed editions, read lawless ones".
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Ezekiel 18:21 open_in_new
all his sins. Hebrew text reads "any sin of his"; but the margin, some codices, and two early printed editions, read "all his sins".
he shall not die, Note the Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), here, Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and not die".
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Ezekiel 18:22 open_in_new
transgressions. Heb, pasha'. App-44.
mentioned unto. remembered against, No "purgatory "here.
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Ezekiel 18:23 open_in_new
Have. any pleasure. ? Answered in Ezekiel 18:32.
ways. Many codiecs, with eight early printed editions, read plural; but others, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "way" (singular)
saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
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Ezekiel 18:24 open_in_new
righteousness. So Hebrew text; but margin, with scone codices and one early printed edition, read plural. "none of his righteous acts The Hebrew verb is plural
trespass. trespassed. Hebrew. ma' al. App-44.
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Ezekiel 18:25 open_in_new
the LORD. This is one of the 134 places where the Sopherim say that they changed " Jehovah " of the primitive text to " Adonai ". See App-32.
equal, See note on "pondereth", Proverbs 21:2, unequal. Note the Figure of speech Anticategoria (App-6).
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Ezekiel 18:31 open_in_new
whereby, &c. The. Septuagint reads "which ye have committed against Me".
heart. spirit. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for all that is of the spirit, and not of the flesh. Compare Luke 1:44; Luke 1:47; John 4:24. "The flesh profiteth nothing" (John 6:63).
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-49.
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Ezekiel 18:32 open_in_new
I have no pleasure. This is the answer to the question in Ezekiel 18:23.