Ezekiel 18:10-13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

If he beget a son that is a robber. The second case is that of an impious son of a pious father. His pious parentage, so far from excusing, aggravates his guilt.

Robber - or, literally, 'a breaker,' namely, through all constraints of right.

And that doeth the like to any one of these things. The Hebrew х 'aach (H251)] and the parallel (Ezekiel 18:18, "spoiled his brother by violence") require us to translate rather, 'doeth to his brother any of these things,' namely, the things which follow in Ezekiel 18:11, etc. (Maurer.)

Verse 11. And that doeth not any of those duties - which his father did (Ezekiel 18:5; Ezekiel 18:9).

Verse 12. Hath oppressed the poor - an aggravation to his oppressions, that they were practiced against the poor; whereas in Ezekiel 18:7 the expression in simply, "oppressed any."

Hath committed abomination - singular number, referring to the particular one mentioned in the end of Ezekiel 18:6.

Verse 13. Shall he then live? - because of the merits of his father; answering, by contrast, to "die for the iniquity of his father" (Ezekiel 18:17).

His blood shall be upon him - the cause of his bloody death shall rest with himself; God is not to blame, but is vindicated as just in punishing him.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 18:10

Ezekiel 18:10-13

10 If he beget a son that is a robber,a a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his bloodb shall be upon him.