Ezequiel 18:18

18 En cuanto a su padre, que fue un opresor, que robó a su prójimo y que hizo lo malo en medio de su pueblo, ¡morirá por su propio pecado!

Ezequiel 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 18:18

[As for] his father
It shall be otherwise with him: because he cruelly oppressed;
or, "oppressed an oppression"; or, "with an oppression" ^F9; oppressed the poor, and had no mercy on them, but used them in the most rigorous manner: spoiled his brother by violence;
took away the spoil of his brother; spoiled him of his substance; did injury to his person and property, and all the mischief that lay in his power: and did [that] which [is] not good among his people;
neighbours, citizens, and countrymen; did nothing which was good, as he ought to have done; but everything that was bad, which he should not have done: lo, even he shall die in his iniquity:
and for it; it shall not be forgiven him; he shall be punished for it with death, with the death of affliction; and with corporeal death, as a punishment for sin; and with eternal death, dying in his sins, and in a state of impenitence. These instances, put every way, most clearly show the equity of God; the justness of his proceedings in providence; and how inapplicable the proverb in ( Ezekiel 18:2 ) was to them; and that such that sin, and continue therein, shall die for their own iniquities, and not for the sins of others.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (qve qve) "oppressit oppressionem", Pagninus, Montanus; "oppressit oppressione", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius.

Ezequiel 18:18 In-Context

16 no oprime a nadie, no roba, devuelve la prenda al deudor, da de comer al hambriento y viste al desnudo;

17 se abstiene de hacer el mal, no presta dinero con usura ni exige intereses; cumple mis leyes y obedece mis decretos. Un hijo así no merece morir por la maldad de su padre; ¡merece vivir!

18 En cuanto a su padre, que fue un opresor, que robó a su prójimo y que hizo lo malo en medio de su pueblo, ¡morirá por su propio pecado!

19 »Pero ustedes preguntan: “¿Por qué no carga el hijo con las culpas de su padre?” ¡Porque el hijo era justo y recto, pues obedeció mis decretos y los puso en práctica! ¡Tal hijo merece vivir!

20 Todo el que peque, merece la muerte, pero ningún hijo cargará con la culpa de su padre, ni ningún padre con la del hijo: al justo se le pagará con justicia y al malvado se le pagará con maldad.