John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 18:16

"neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;" — Ezekiel 18:16 (ASV)

Neither has oppressed any (See Gill on Ezekiel 18:7). has not withholden the pledge ; or, has not pledged the pledge ^F8 . The meaning is, not that he had not given one, but had not taken one. So the Targum, ``the pledge he has not taken;'' or, if he did, he did not keep it beyond the time the law directs, but restored it to him whose it was; neither has spoiled by violence, [but] has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment . The rest of the verse is the same with (Ezekiel 18:7) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8: (lbx al lbx) "pignus non pignoravit", Vatablus; "pignus non acceperit in pignus", Pagninus; "pignori", Montanus.