Ezekiel Chapter 18 verse 14 Holy Bible
Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;
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Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:
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But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like:
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Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
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Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;
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And -- lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and he feareth, And doth not do like them,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 14-17. - Now, lo! etc. The law of personal responsibility had been pressed on its darker side. It is now asserted in its brighter, and that with the special emphasis indicated in its opening words. The proverb of the "sour grapes" receives a direct contradiction. The son of the evil doer way take warning by his father's example, and repent, as Ezekiel exhorted those among whom he lived to do. In that case he need fear no inherited or transmitted curse. He shall surely live; Hebrew, living he shall live. That truth came to Ezekiel as with the force of a new apocalypse, and it is obviously "exceeding broad," with far-reaching consequences both in ethics and theology.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Doeth not such like.--This is the third case--that of the righteous son of a wicked father. The general principle is the same, that each man is to be judged according to his own individual character. The son of the righteous man has advantages, and the son of the wicked has hindrances in the way of righteousness which are not specified here, although elsewhere we are abundantly taught that responsibility is directly proportioned to privilege; but here the object is only to set forth in the clearest way, and apart from any other issues, the single fact of individual responsibility. In each case the particular examples of sin are somewhat varied, to show that they are mentioned only as examples, in order to set forth more clearly the general principle.
