When I shall say to the righteous, [that] he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ver. 13. When I shall say to the righteous.] See on Ezekiel 18:24 .
If he trust to his own righteousness.] As thinking that he hath thereby purchased a licence to commit iniquity.