If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
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Gill's Exposition
Hath oppressed the poor and needy,.... Who are weak, and have none to help them, and stand by them, and so are oppressed by such a man. This serves to explain the clause, in Eze 18:7;
hath spoiled…
Live ... die - In the writings of Ezekiel there is a development of the meaning of “life” and “death.” In the holy land the sanctions of divine government were in great degree temporal; so that the…
Adam Clarke
If he beget a son - Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.
God, by the prophet, having laid down the general rule of judgment, that he will render eternal life to those that patiently continue in well-doing, but indignation and wrath to those that do not obey…
Cambridge Bible
Second link in the chain: this righteous man is the father of a violent son who sheds blood and does evil; the wicked son shall not live because of the righteousness of his father, he shall die in his…
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