The Jews, in Ezekiel's time, complained of God's dealing hardly with them in punishing them for the sins of their forefathers, Eze 18:1, Eze 18:2; their temporal calamities having been long threatened as the consequen…
2¿Qué pensáis vosotros, los que usáis este refrán sobre la tierra de Israel, que dice: Los padres comieron las uvas agrias, y los dientes de los hijos tienen la dentera?
3Vivo yo, dice Jehová el Señor, que nunca más tendréis por qué usar este refrán en Israel.
4He aquí que todas las almas son mías; como el alma del padre, así el alma del hijo es mía; el alma que pecare, esa morirá.
5Y el hombre que fuere justo, e hiciere según el derecho y la justicia;
6que no comiere sobre los montes, ni alzare sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel, ni violare la mujer de su prójimo, ni se llegare a la mujer menstruosa,
7ni oprimiere a ninguno; que al deudor devolviere su prenda, que no cometiere robo, y que diere de su pan al hambriento y cubriere al desnudo con vestido,
8que no prestare a interés ni tomare usura; que de la maldad retrajere su mano, e hiciere juicio verdadero entre hombre y hombre,
9en mis ordenanzas caminare, y guardare mis decretos para hacer rectamente, este es justo; este vivirá, dice Jehová el Señor.
10Mas si engendrare hijo ladrón, derramador de sangre, o que haga alguna cosa de estas,
11y que no haga las otras, sino que comiere sobre los montes, o violare la mujer de su prójimo,
12al pobre y menesteroso oprimiere, cometiere robos, no devolviere la prenda, o alzare sus ojos a los ídolos e hiciere abominación,
13prestare a interés y tomare usura; ¿vivirá este? No vivirá. Todas estas abominaciones hizo; de cierto morirá, su sangre será sobre él.
14Pero si este engendrare hijo, el cual viere todos los pecados que su padre hizo, y viéndolos no hiciere según ellos;
15no comiere sobre los montes, ni alzare sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel; la mujer de su prójimo no violare,
16ni oprimiere a nadie, la prenda no retuviere, ni cometiere robos; al hambriento diere de su pan, y cubriere con vestido al desnudo;
17apartare su mano del pobre, interés y usura no recibiere; guardare mis decretos y anduviere en mis ordenanzas; este no morirá por la maldad de su padre; de cierto vivirá.
18Su padre, por cuanto hizo agravio, despojó violentamente al hermano, e hizo en medio de su pueblo lo que no es bueno, he aquí que él morirá por su maldad.
19Y si dijereis: ¿Por qué el hijo no llevará el pecado de su padre? Porque el hijo hizo según el derecho y la justicia, guardó todos mis estatutos y los cumplió, de cierto vivirá.
20El alma que pecare, esa morirá; el hijo no llevará el pecado del padre, ni el padre llevará el pecado del hijo; la justicia del justo será sobre él, y la impiedad del impío será sobre él.
21Mas el impío, si se apartare de todos sus pecados que hizo, y guardare todos mis estatutos e hiciere según el derecho y la justicia, de cierto vivirá; no morirá.
22Todas las transgresiones que cometió, no le serán recordadas; en su justicia que hizo vivirá.
23¿Quiero yo la muerte del impío? dice Jehová el Señor. ¿No vivirá, si se apartare de sus caminos?
24Mas si el justo se apartare de su justicia y cometiere maldad, e hiciere conforme a todas las abominaciones que el impío hizo, ¿vivirá él? Ninguna de las justicias que hizo le serán tenidas en cuenta; por su rebelión con que prevaricó, y por el pecado que cometió, por ello morirá.
25Y si dijereis: No es recto el camino del Señor; oíd ahora, casa de Israel: ¿No es recto mi camino? ¿no son vuestros caminos torcidos?
26Apartándose el justo de su justicia, y haciendo iniquidad, él morirá por ello; por la iniquidad que hizo, morirá.
27Y apartándose el impío de su impiedad que hizo, y haciendo según el derecho y la justicia, hará vivir su alma.
28Porque miró y se apartó de todas sus transgresiones que había cometido, de cierto vivirá; no morirá.
29Si aún dijere la casa de Israel: No es recto el camino del Señor; ¿no son rectos mis caminos, casa de Israel? Ciertamente, vuestros caminos no son rectos.
30Por tanto, yo os juzgaré a cada uno según sus caminos, oh casa de Israel, dice Jehová el Señor. Convertíos, y apartaos de todas vuestras transgresiones, y no os será la iniquidad causa de ruina.
31Echad de vosotros todas vuestras transgresiones con que habéis pecado, y haceos un corazón nuevo y un espíritu nuevo. ¿Por qué moriréis, casa de Israel?
32Porque no quiero la muerte del que muere, dice Jehová el Señor; convertíos, pues, y viviréis.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
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Versículo 2
I. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? - We have seen this…
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? - We have seen this proverb already, Jer 31:29, etc., and have considered its general meaning. But the subject is here proposed in greater detail, with a variety of circumstances, to adapt it to all those cases to which it should apply. It refers simply to these questions: How far can the moral evil of the parent be extended to his offspring? And, Are the faults and evil propensities of the parents, not only transferred to the children, but punished in them? Do parents transfer their evil nature, and are their children punished for their offenses?
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Versículo 3
II. As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel …
As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel - I will now, by this present declaration, settle this question for ever. And hence God has sworn to what follows. After this, who will dare to doubt the judgment pronounced?
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Versículo 4
III. All souls are mine - Equally so; I am the Father of the spirits of all flesh, and shall deal impa…
All souls are mine - Equally so; I am the Father of the spirits of all flesh, and shall deal impartially with the whole.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die - None shall die for another's crimes, none shall be saved by another's righteousness. Here is the general judgment relative to the righteousness and unrighteousness of men, and the influence of one man's state on that of another; particularly in respect to their moral conduct.
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Versículo 5
IV. If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right - If he be just or holy within, and do wh…
If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right - If he be just or holy within, and do what is according to law and equity. What is meant by this, is immediately specified.
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Versículo 6
V. 1.
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Hath not eaten upon the mountains - Idolatrous worship was generally performed on mountains and hills; and those who offered sacrifices feasted on the sacrifice, and thus held communion with the idol.
2.
Neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols - Has paid them no religious adoration; has trusted in them for nothing, and has not made prayer nor supplication before them.
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Neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife - Has had no adulterous connection with any woman; to which idolatrous feasts and worship particularly led.
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Neither hath come nigh to a menstruous woman - Has abstained from the use of the marriage-bed during the periodical indisposition of his wife. This was absolutely forbidden by the law; and both the man and the woman who disobeyed the command were to be put to death, Lev 20:18. For which Calmet gives this reason: "It has been believed, and experience confirms it, that the children conceived at such times are either leprous, or monsters, or deformed by their diminutiveness, or by the disproportion of their members." There are other reasons for this law, should those of the learned commentator be found invalid.
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VI. 5.
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Hath not oppressed any - Has not used his power or influence to oppress, pain, or injure another.
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Hath restored to the debtor his pledge - Has carefully surrendered the pawn or pledge when its owner came to redeem it. As the pledge is generally of more worth than that for which it is pledged, an unprincipled man will make some pretense to keep it; which is highly abominable in the sight of God.
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Hath spoiled none by violence - Either by robbery or personal insult. For a man may be spoiled both ways.
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Hath given his bread to the hungry - Has been kind-hearted and charitable; especially to them that are in the deepest want.
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Hath covered the naked with a garment - Has divided both his bread and his clothing with the necessitous. These are two branches of the same root.
VII
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VII. 10.
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Hath not given forth upon usury - בנשך לא יתן beneshech lo yitten. נשך nasach signifies to bite; usury is properly so termed, because it bites into and devours the principal. Usury signifies, with us, exacting unlawful interest for money; and taking the advantage of a man's necessities to advance him cash on exorbitant profit. This bites the receiver in his property, and the lender in his salvation.
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Neither hath taken any increase - In lending has not required more than was lent; and has not taken that product of the cash lent, which was more than the value for its use. This may be a part of the tenth article.
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That hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity - Never associates with those who act contrary to justice and equity; his hand or influence being never found among evil workers.
13.
Hath executed true judgment between man and man - Being neither swayed by prejudice, fear, nor favor.
These thirteen points concern his social and civil relations.
VIII
Versículo 9
VIII. Hath walked in my statutes - Not only acknowledging them to be right, but acting according to the…
Hath walked in my statutes - Not only acknowledging them to be right, but acting according to them. Especially in every thing that relates to my worship, changing nothing, neglecting nothing.
And hath kept my judgments, to deal truly - Has attended to my Divine direction, both with respect to things forbidden, and things commanded. These concern men in their religious conduct.
He is just - צדיק הוא tsaddik hu. He is a righteous man; he has given to all their due; he has abstained from every appearance of evil, and done that which was lawful and right in the sight of God.
He shall surely live - He has lived to me, and he shall live with me.
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Versículo 10
IX. If he beget a son - Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirtee…
If he beget a son - Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.
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Versículo 13
X. Shall he then live? - Because his father was a righteous man, shall the father's holiness be impu…
Shall he then live? - Because his father was a righteous man, shall the father's holiness be imputed to him? No!
He shad surely die; his blood shall be upon him - He shall suffer for his own crimes.
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Versículo 14
XI. Now, lo, if he beget a son that seeth all his father's sins - and considereth - Lays to heart the…
Now, lo, if he beget a son that seeth all his father's sins - and considereth - Lays to heart the evil of his father's life, and the dreadful consequences of a life of rebellion against God.
And doeth not such like - Is quite a different man in moral feeling and character; and acts up to the thirteen points already laid down.
XII
Versículo 17
XII. He shall not die for the iniquity of his father - He shall no more be affected by his father's cr…
He shall not die for the iniquity of his father - He shall no more be affected by his father's crimes, than his father was benefited by his grandfather's righteousness.
XIII
Versículo 20
XIII. The soul that sinneth, it shall die - Hitherto we have had to do with the simple cases or the rig…
The soul that sinneth, it shall die - Hitherto we have had to do with the simple cases or the righteous and the wicked; of him who lived and died a holy man, and of him who lived and died a wicked man. But there are two cases behind:
1. That of the wicked man, who repents and turns to God.
2. That of the righteous man, who backslides, and does not return to God by repentance. On both these cases God decides thus: -
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Versículo 21
XIV. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins - And afterwards walk according to the character of…
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins - And afterwards walk according to the character of the righteous already specified shall he find mercy, and be for ever saved? Yes.
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Versículo 22
XV. All his transgressions - Shall be so completely forgiven by God's mercy, that they shall not be e…
All his transgressions - Shall be so completely forgiven by God's mercy, that they shall not be even mentioned to him; and if he live and die in this recovered state, he shall live with God to all eternity. And why? Hear the reason: -
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Versículo 23
16. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? - No! That is foreign to him whose name is…
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? - No! That is foreign to him whose name is love, and whose nature is mercy. On the contrary he "wills that he should return from his evil ways and live."
And if God can have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, he cannot have made a decree to abandon him to the evil of his nature, and then damn him for what he could not avoid: for as God can do nothing with which he is not pleased, so he can decree nothing with which he is not pleased. But he is "not pleased with the death of a sinner," therefore he cannot have made a decree to bring him to this death.
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Versículo 24
17. When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness - Here is the second case. Can a man who w…
When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness - Here is the second case. Can a man who was once holy and pure fall away so as to perish everlastingly? Yes. For God says, "If he turn away from his righteousness;" not his self-righteousness, the gloss of theologians: for God never speaks of turning away from that, for, in his eyes, that is a nonentity. There is no righteousness or holiness but what himself infuses into the soul of man, and as to self-righteousness, i.e., a man's supposing himself to be righteous when he has not the life of God in his soul, it is the delusion of a dark and hardened heart; therefore it is the real righteous principle and righteous practice that God speaks of here. And he tells us, that al man may so "turn away from this," and so "commit iniquity," and "act as the wicked man," that his righteousness shall be no more mentioned to his account, than the sins of the penitent backslider should be mentioned to his condemnation; and "in the sin that he" this once righteous man, "hath sinned, and in the trespass that he hath trespassed, in them shall he die." O, how awful a termination of a life once distinguished for righteousness and true holiness! So then, God himself informs us that a righteous man may not only fall foully, but fall finally. But to such righteous persons the devil will ever preach, "Ye shall not surely die; ye shall be as God." Touch, taste, and handle; ye cannot ultimately fall. Thus we find, by the manner of treating these two cases, that God's way is equal, Eze 18:25; just, merciful, and impartial. And to prove this, he sums up his conduct in the above cases, in the following Eze 18:26-29. And then, that the "wicked may not die in his sins," and that the "backslider may return and find mercy," he thus exhorts: -
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Versículo 30
18. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions - There is still life; still a God that …
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions - There is still life; still a God that has no pleasure in the death of a sinner. one who is ever ready to give his Holy Spirit to all them that ask him; therefore "repent and turn, so iniquity shall not be your ruin."
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Versículo 31
19. Cast away - With a holy violence, dash away every transgression and incentive to it.
Cast away - With a holy violence, dash away every transgression and incentive to it.
Make you a new heart - Call upon God for it, and he will give it: for as sure as you earnestly call on God through Christ to save you, so surely you shall be saved; and the effect will so speedily follow, that God is pleased to attribute that in some sort to yourselves, which is done by his grace alone; because ye earnestly call upon him for it, come in the right way to receive it, and are determined never to rest till you have it.
For why will ye die - Who should you go to hell while the kingdom of God is open to receive you? Why should you be the devil's slaves, when ye may be Christ's freemen! Why Will Ye Die? Every word is emphatic.
Why - show God or man one reason. Will - obstinacy alone, - a determination not to be saved, or a voluntary listlessness about salvation, - can prevent you. Ye - children of so many mercies, fed and supported by a kind God all your life; ye, who are redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ; ye, who have made many promises to give up yourselves to God; ye, who have been dedicated to the ever-blessed Trinity, and promised to renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh; why will Ye die? Die! - what is this? A separation from God and the glory of his power for ever! Die! - forfeiting all the purposes for which your immortal souls were made! Die - to know what the worm is that never dieth, and what that fire is which is never quenched! Why will ye die?
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Versículo 32
20. For I have no pleasure - God repeats what he had so solemnly declared before. Can ye doubt his si…
For I have no pleasure - God repeats what he had so solemnly declared before. Can ye doubt his sincerity? his ability? his willingness? the efficacy of the blood of his covenant?
Wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye - Reader, now give God thy heart.
Though every man comes into the world with a fallen nature - a soul infected with sin, yet no man is damned on that account. He who refuses that grace which pardons sin and heals infected nature, who permits the evil principle to break out into transgression, and continues and dies in his iniquity and sin, and will not come unto Christ that he may have life; he, and he only, goes to perdition. Nor will the righteousness of a parent or relation help his sinful soul: no man can have more grace than is necessary to save himself; and none can have that, who does not receive it through Christ Jesus. It is the mercy of God in Christ which renders the salvation of a sinner possible; and it is that mercy alone which can heal the backslider. The atoning blood blots out all that is past; the same blood cleanses from all unrighteousness. Who believes so as to apply for this redemption? Who properly thanks God for having provided such a Savior?
Antiguo Testamento
Ezekiel — Capítulo 18
The Jews, in Ezekiel's time, complained of God's dealing hardly with them in punishing them for the sins of their forefathers, Eze 18:1, Eze 18:2; their temporal calamities having been long threatened as the consequen…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Vino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
2¿Qué pensáis vosotros, los que usáis este refrán sobre la tierra de Israel, que dice: Los padres comieron las uvas agrias, y los dientes de los hijos tienen la dentera?
3Vivo yo, dice Jehová el Señor, que nunca más tendréis por qué usar este refrán en Israel.
4He aquí que todas las almas son mías; como el alma del padre, así el alma del hijo es mía; el alma que pecare, esa morirá.
5Y el hombre que fuere justo, e hiciere según el derecho y la justicia;
6que no comiere sobre los montes, ni alzare sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel, ni violare la mujer de su prójimo, ni se llegare a la mujer menstruosa,
7ni oprimiere a ninguno; que al deudor devolviere su prenda, que no cometiere robo, y que diere de su pan al hambriento y cubriere al desnudo con vestido,
8que no prestare a interés ni tomare usura; que de la maldad retrajere su mano, e hiciere juicio verdadero entre hombre y hombre,
9en mis ordenanzas caminare, y guardare mis decretos para hacer rectamente, este es justo; este vivirá, dice Jehová el Señor.
10Mas si engendrare hijo ladrón, derramador de sangre, o que haga alguna cosa de estas,
11y que no haga las otras, sino que comiere sobre los montes, o violare la mujer de su prójimo,
12al pobre y menesteroso oprimiere, cometiere robos, no devolviere la prenda, o alzare sus ojos a los ídolos e hiciere abominación,
13prestare a interés y tomare usura; ¿vivirá este? No vivirá. Todas estas abominaciones hizo; de cierto morirá, su sangre será sobre él.
14Pero si este engendrare hijo, el cual viere todos los pecados que su padre hizo, y viéndolos no hiciere según ellos;
15no comiere sobre los montes, ni alzare sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel; la mujer de su prójimo no violare,
16ni oprimiere a nadie, la prenda no retuviere, ni cometiere robos; al hambriento diere de su pan, y cubriere con vestido al desnudo;
17apartare su mano del pobre, interés y usura no recibiere; guardare mis decretos y anduviere en mis ordenanzas; este no morirá por la maldad de su padre; de cierto vivirá.
18Su padre, por cuanto hizo agravio, despojó violentamente al hermano, e hizo en medio de su pueblo lo que no es bueno, he aquí que él morirá por su maldad.
19Y si dijereis: ¿Por qué el hijo no llevará el pecado de su padre? Porque el hijo hizo según el derecho y la justicia, guardó todos mis estatutos y los cumplió, de cierto vivirá.
20El alma que pecare, esa morirá; el hijo no llevará el pecado del padre, ni el padre llevará el pecado del hijo; la justicia del justo será sobre él, y la impiedad del impío será sobre él.
21Mas el impío, si se apartare de todos sus pecados que hizo, y guardare todos mis estatutos e hiciere según el derecho y la justicia, de cierto vivirá; no morirá.
22Todas las transgresiones que cometió, no le serán recordadas; en su justicia que hizo vivirá.
23¿Quiero yo la muerte del impío? dice Jehová el Señor. ¿No vivirá, si se apartare de sus caminos?
24Mas si el justo se apartare de su justicia y cometiere maldad, e hiciere conforme a todas las abominaciones que el impío hizo, ¿vivirá él? Ninguna de las justicias que hizo le serán tenidas en cuenta; por su rebelión con que prevaricó, y por el pecado que cometió, por ello morirá.
25Y si dijereis: No es recto el camino del Señor; oíd ahora, casa de Israel: ¿No es recto mi camino? ¿no son vuestros caminos torcidos?
26Apartándose el justo de su justicia, y haciendo iniquidad, él morirá por ello; por la iniquidad que hizo, morirá.
27Y apartándose el impío de su impiedad que hizo, y haciendo según el derecho y la justicia, hará vivir su alma.
28Porque miró y se apartó de todas sus transgresiones que había cometido, de cierto vivirá; no morirá.
29Si aún dijere la casa de Israel: No es recto el camino del Señor; ¿no son rectos mis caminos, casa de Israel? Ciertamente, vuestros caminos no son rectos.
30Por tanto, yo os juzgaré a cada uno según sus caminos, oh casa de Israel, dice Jehová el Señor. Convertíos, y apartaos de todas vuestras transgresiones, y no os será la iniquidad causa de ruina.
31Echad de vosotros todas vuestras transgresiones con que habéis pecado, y haceos un corazón nuevo y un espíritu nuevo. ¿Por qué moriréis, casa de Israel?
32Porque no quiero la muerte del que muere, dice Jehová el Señor; convertíos, pues, y viviréis.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? - We have seen this…
Versículo 3
II. As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel …
Versículo 4
III. All souls are mine - Equally so; I am the Father of the spirits of all flesh, and shall deal impa…
Versículo 5
IV. If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right - If he be just or holy within, and do wh…
Versículo 6
V. 1.
Versículo 7
VI. 5.
Versículo 8
VII. 10.
Versículo 9
VIII. Hath walked in my statutes - Not only acknowledging them to be right, but acting according to the…
Versículo 10
IX. If he beget a son - Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirtee…
Versículo 13
X. Shall he then live? - Because his father was a righteous man, shall the father's holiness be impu…
Versículo 14
XI. Now, lo, if he beget a son that seeth all his father's sins - and considereth - Lays to heart the…
Versículo 17
XII. He shall not die for the iniquity of his father - He shall no more be affected by his father's cr…
Versículo 20
XIII. The soul that sinneth, it shall die - Hitherto we have had to do with the simple cases or the rig…
Versículo 21
XIV. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins - And afterwards walk according to the character of…
Versículo 22
XV. All his transgressions - Shall be so completely forgiven by God's mercy, that they shall not be e…
Versículo 23
16. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? - No! That is foreign to him whose name is…
Versículo 24
17. When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness - Here is the second case. Can a man who w…
Versículo 30
18. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions - There is still life; still a God that …
Versículo 31
19. Cast away - With a holy violence, dash away every transgression and incentive to it.
Versículo 32
20. For I have no pleasure - God repeats what he had so solemnly declared before. Can ye doubt his si…