Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:10-20
God, by the prophet, having laid down the general rule of judgment, that he will render eternal life to those that patiently continue in well-doing, but indignation and wrath to those that do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness (Rom 2:7, Rom 2:8), comes, in these verses, to show that men's parentage and relation shall not alter the case either one way or other.
I. He applied it largely and particularly both ways. As it was in the royal line of the kings of Judah, so it often happens in private families, that godly parents have wicked children and wicked parents have godly children. Now here he shows,
1. That a wicked man shall certainly perish in his iniquity, though he be the son o…
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those duties--which his father did (Eze 18:5, Eze 18:9).
Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 18:10
If he beget a son - Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.
John Gill on Ezekiel 18:11
And that doeth not any of those duties,.... Before mentioned, which his father did, but the reverse of them; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "and in the way of his righteous father does not walk"; does not tread in his steps, and work righteousness as he did:
but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife; has been guilty of idolatry and adultery; See Gill on Ezekiel 18:6.
John Calvin on Ezekiel 18:10-13
Ezekiel 18:10-13
10. If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
10. Et genuerit filium praedonem, [213] qui sanguinem effundit, et facit fractri: [214] fratri (ergo) unum ex his. [215]
11. And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
11. Et ipse haec omnia [216] non fecerit, quin potius omnia in montibus comederit, et uxorem proximi sui corruperit. [217]
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,
12. Pauperem et egenum oppresserit, pr…
