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**The word** = And the word.
**the LORD** . Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 .

**the land** = the soil. Hebrew. *'admatk* . See note on [Ezekiel 11:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/17) . The fathers, &c. Compare [Jeremiah 31:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/29) , [Jeremiah 31:30](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/30) .
**children's** = sons.

**saith the Lord GOD** = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
**the Lord God** . See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) .
**any more** . This refers to a future time, which has not yet come ([Jeremiah 31:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/29) , [Jeremiah 31:30](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/30) ). Till then it is otherwise ([Ezekiel 21:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/21/3) .[Lamentations 5:2](../../../kjv/lamentations/5/2); [Lamentations 5:2](../../../kjv/lamentations/5/2) ), and has been since [Genesis 3](../../../kjv/genesis/3) . Compare [Romans 5:12-21](../../../kjv/romans/5/12-21) .

**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**souls** = persons. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**sinneth.** Descendants were not punished for the sins of their ancestors, unless *they* persevered in their ancestors' sins. Compare [Exodus 20:5](../../../kjv/exodus/20/5) .[Matthew 23:30-32](../../../kjv/matthew/23/30-32) . Here Hebrew. *chata',* App-44 .
**die** . Die and live in this chapter are used in the sense of [Ezekiel 8:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8/18) .

**man.** Hebrew. *'ish* . App-14 .

**eaten** , &c. Implies sacrificing and partaking of the idolatrous feast. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 12:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/2) compared with verses: [Ezekiel 18:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/11) , [Ezekiel 18:15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/15) ). App-92 .
**hath lifted up his eyes,** he. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for worship.
**defiled** , Be. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:20](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/20) ; [Leviticus 20:10](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/10) ).
**come near** . Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/19) ; [Leviticus 20:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/18) ).

**hath not oppressed** , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 22:21](../../../kjv/exodus/22/21) .[Leviticus 25:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/14) .[Deuteronomy 23:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/10); [Deuteronomy 23:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/10) ). App-92 .
**hath restored** , he. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 22:26](../../../kjv/exodus/22/26) . [Deuteronomy 24:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/6) , [Deuteronomy 24:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/10) , [Deuteronomy 24:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/12) , [Deuteronomy 24:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/13) ). App-92 .
**hath given his bread** , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 15:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/15/7) , [Deuteronomy 15:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/15/8) ).

**hath not given forth** , &c. Ref'. to Pentateuch ([Exodus 22:25](../../../kjv/exodus/22/25) , [Leviticus 25:36](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/36) , [Leviticus 25:37](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/37) . [Deuteronomy 23:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/19) ). App-92 .
**iniquity** = trickery. Hebrew. *'aval* . App-44 . Not the same word as in verses: [Ezekiel 18:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/17) , [Ezekiel 18:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/18) , [Ezekiel 18:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/19) , [Ezekiel 17:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/17/20) , Eze 17:30 .
**hath executed,** he. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 19:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/15) , [Leviticus 19:35](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/35) .[Deuteronomy 1:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/16) , [Deuteronomy 1:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/17) ; [Deuteronomy 16:18-20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/18-20) ). App-92 .

**Hath walked** , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/5) .[Deuteronomy 4:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/1) ; [Deuteronomy 5:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/1) ; [Deuteronomy 5:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/6) , [Deuteronomy 5:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/1) , [Deuteronomy 5:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/2) ; [Deuteronomy 10:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/12) , [Deuteronomy 10:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/13) ; [Deuteronomy 11:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/1) ).
**he shall surely live** . Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/5) ),
**live** . See note on [Leviticus 18:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/5) .

**a robber.** Ref to Pentateuch ([Exodus 22:2](../../../kjv/exodus/22/2) .[Leviticus 19:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/13); [Leviticus 19:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/13) ), a shedder of blood. Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 9:6](../../../kjv/genesis/9/6) . [Exodus 21:12](../../../kjv/exodus/21/12) .[Numbers 35:31](../../../kjv/numbers/35/31); [Numbers 35:31](../../../kjv/numbers/35/31) ). App-92 .

**his blood shall be upon him.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 20:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/9) , [Leviticus 20:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/11) , [Leviticus 20:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/12) , [Leviticus 20:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/13) , [Leviticus 20:16](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/16) , [Leviticus 20:27](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/27) ). App-92 .

**hath not,** &c. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and bath not", &c.

**the poor** = the oppressed. The Septuagint reads "injustice", as in [Ezekiel 18:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/8) .
**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 . Not the same word as in or. Eze 8:24 , Eze 8:26 .

**people** = peoples

**The son** , he. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deu 24:26 ). App-92 .
**the righteous** = a righteous one.
**wickedness . . . the wicked** . Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .
**the wicked** = a lawless one. Hebrew text margin, with some codices and three early printed editions, read lawless ones".

**all his sins** . Hebrew text reads "any sin of his"; but the margin, some codices, and two early printed editions, read "all his sins".
**he shall not die,** Note the Figure of speech *Pleonasm* ( App-6 ), here, Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and not die".

**transgressions.** Heb, *pasha'.* App-44 .
**mentioned unto** = remembered against, No "purgatory "here.

**Have I any pleasure. ?** Answered in [Ezekiel 18:32](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/32) .
**ways.** Many codiecs, with eight early printed editions, read plural; but others, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "way" (singular)
**saith the Lord GOD** = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.

**righteousness.** So Hebrew text; but margin, with scone codices and one early printed edition, read plural = "none of his righteous acts The Hebrew verb is plural
**trespass. trespassed.** Hebrew. *ma' al.* App-44 .

**the LORD.** This is one of the 134 places where the *Sopherim* say that they changed " *Jehovah* " of the primitive text to " *Adonai* ". See App-32 .
**equal** , See note on "pondereth", [Proverbs 21:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/2) , unequal. Note the Figure of speech *Anticategoria* ( App-6 ).

**whereby** , &c. The = Septuagint reads "which ye have committed against Me".
**heart. spirit** . Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for all that is of the spirit, and not of the flesh. Compare [Luke 1:44](../../../kjv/luke/1/44) , [Luke 1:47](../../../kjv/luke/1/47) . [John 4:24](../../../kjv/john/4/24) . "The flesh profiteth nothing" ([John 6:63](../../../kjv/john/6/63) ).
**spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-49 .

**I have no pleasure.** This is the answer to the question in [Ezekiel 18:23](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/23) .

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