Ezekiel 18:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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.

Ezekiel 18:4

4 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.