Ezequiel 18:4

4 Pues todos los seres humanos son míos para juzgar, los padres y los hijos por igual. Esta es mi regla: la persona que peque es la que morirá.

Ezequiel 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 18:4

Behold, all souls are mine
By creation; they being the immediate produce of his power; hence he is called "the Father of spirits", ( Hebrews 12:9 ) , or the souls of men; these he has an apparent right unto; a property in; a dominion over; they are accountable to him, and will be judged impartially by him: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine;
and therefore must be thought to have as great a respect and affection for the one as for the other; for the soul of a son as for the soul of a father; and not deal partially in favour of the one, and cruelly and unrighteously with the other: the soul that sinneth, it shall die;
the soul that continues in sin, without repentance towards God, and faith in Christ, shall die the second death; shall be separated from the presence of God, and endure his wrath to all eternity: or the meaning is, that a person that is guilty of gross sins, and continues in them, shall personally suffer; he shall endure one calamity or another, as the famine, sword, pestilence, or be carried into captivity, which is the death all along spoken of in this chapter; the Lord will exercise no patience towards him, or defer punishment to a future generation, his offspring; but shall immediately execute it upon himself.

Ezequiel 18:4 In-Context

2 «¿Por qué citan ustedes ese proverbio acerca de la tierra de Israel, que dice: “Los padres comieron uvas agrias, pero la boca de sus hijos se frunce por el sabor”?

3 Tan cierto como que yo vivo, dice el Señor
Soberano, que dejarán de citar ese proverbio en Israel.

4 Pues todos los seres humanos son míos para juzgar, los padres y los hijos por igual. Esta es mi regla: la persona que peque es la que morirá.

5 »Supongamos que cierto hombre es recto y hace lo que es justo y correcto.

6 No participa en los banquetes que se ofrecen en los montes ante los ídolos de Israel
ni les rinde culto. No comete adulterio ni tiene relaciones sexuales con una mujer durante su período menstrual.