Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
A godly father's prayers and pains cannot compel his son's obedience. The child may have every advantage, instruction, discipline, example, yet still shake off all good and run to robbery and idolatry, becoming the grief of his family and the curse of his generation. Parentage changes nothing in God's reckoning.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 18:10-20
oppressed the poor--an aggravation to his oppressions, that they were practised against the poor; whereas in Eze 18:7 the expression is simply "oppressed any." abomination--singular number referring to the particular one mentioned at the end of Eze 18:6.
The father's righteousness cannot shield the violent son from death. He commits not one sin but all of them together: robbery, idolatry, oppression, usury, abomination. He shall die; his blood rests upon himself.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 18:10-13