Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, [and] hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Ver. 19. Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?] Thus these unreasonable refractories will not be said, but continue chatting against God, quasi dicant, certe tu non potes negare, &c. a Some are ατοποι; 2Th 3:2 they have no topics; there is no talking to them; they will not be set down with right reason.
When the son hath done that is lawful and right.] What a meek, sweet, and satisfactory answer doth God make to these importunate complainers against him! Here we have their replication and his duplication; as Ezekiel 18:25, we have their triplication and his quadruplication. Oh the infinite patience of our good God!
a Piscator.