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Ezekiel 18:21 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 18 · verse 21
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.Ezekiel 18:21 · King James Version
Ezekiel 18:21 in context
19Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- committedʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- statuteschuqqâh{an enactmentH2708 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- lawfulmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- surelychâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- righttsᵉdâqâhrightness , subjectively , objectively , morally or figurativelyH6666 →
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We have here another rule of judgment which God will go by in dealing with us, by which is further demonstrated the equity of his government. The former showed that God will reward or punish according to the change made in the family or succession, for the better or for the worse;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-29