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Why?... - Rather, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?

Why? Does not the son bear? âIt would be clearer to read this as a single question, âWhy does not the son, etc.?â It is the questiâŚ

He emphasizes the same point at greater length, not so much for embellishment as to refute that ungodly saying to which the Israelites so harmfullyâŚ

Yet say you, why ? &c.] Why do you say so? why do you go on to assert that which is not fact, or which is contrary to facâŚ

The soul that sinneth it shall die. As to eternity, every person was, is, and will be dealt with as his conduct shows him to be under the âŚ
Albert Barnes
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