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Ezekiel 18:4 Cross-References

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Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Ezekiel 18:4 (KJV)

Commentary on Ezekiel 18:4

God declares: 'Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.' This establishes individual moral accountability before God. The phrase 'all souls are mine' (kol-hanephashot li, כָּל־הַנְּפָשׁוֹת לִי) asserts God's sovereign ownership of every human life, father and son equally. The principle 'the soul that sinneth, it shall die' directly refutes the fatalistic proverb the people were quoting: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge' (18:2). The exiles claimed they were suffer...

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