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and who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor`s wife,
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No Generational Righteousness
Commentators like Calvin and Henry stress that this verse illustrates a core principle: a person is judged for their own sins. A wicked son cannot rely on his righteous father's piety to escape God's judgment. As the commentaries state, his wickedness is his own, and he will be held accountable for it.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Live ... die - In the writings of Ezekiel, there is a development of the meaning of “life” and “death.” In the Holy Land, the sanctions of d…
16th Century
Protestant
He has oppressed the poor and needy: he had simply said, "He has oppressed a man"; but now, to make the greatness of the crime appear, he …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And that does not any of those [duties] Before mentioned, which his father did, but the reverse of them; and so the …
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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 …