Ezekiel 18:10

10 But suppose one of them has a violent child who sheds blood or does any one of these things,

Ezekiel 18:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 18:10

If he beget a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of blood
But if this just man beget a son that is a thief and a murderer, as he may; for grace is not conveyed by natural generation, though sin is: a good man has often bad children, even such as are guilty of capital crimes, as a "robber", a "highwayman", a "breaker up", or "through", as the word F5 signifies; one that breaks through walls, and into houses, and breaks through all the laws of God and man; and sticks not to shed innocent blood in committing his thefts and robberies, as these sins often go together; such an one was Barabbas, whose name signifies the son of a father, and perhaps his father might be a good man: and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these [things];
or that does anyone of these things, whether theft or murder.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Uyrp) "effractorem", Montanus, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator, Grotius.

Ezekiel 18:10 In-Context

8 They don't impose interest or take profit. They refrain from evil and settle cases between people fairly.
9 They follow my regulations, keep my case laws, and act faithfully. Such people are innocent, and they will live, proclaims the LORD God.
10 But suppose one of them has a violent child who sheds blood or does any one of these things,
11 even though his parents didn't do any of them. He eats on the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,
12 oppresses the poor and needy, robs others and doesn't fulfill his obligations, pays attention to the idols and does detestable things,
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