Ezekiel 18:11

“And that doeth not any of those [duties], &c.] Before mentioned, which his father did, but the reverse of them; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, “and in the way of his righteous father does not walk”; does not tread in his steps, and work righteousness as he did: but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour’s wife; has been guilty of idolatry and adultery; (see Gill on “<261806>Ezekiel 18:6”).”

“those duties--which his father did (Eze 18:5, Eze 18:9).”

“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 promise of “life” for “obedience,” the threatening of “death” for “disobedience,” in the Books of Moses, were regarded simply as temporal and national. In their exile this could not continue in its full extent, and the universality of the misfortune necessarily made men look deeper into the words of God. The word “soul” denotes a “person” viewed as an “individual,” possessing the “life” which God breathed into man when he became a “living soul” Genesis 2:7; i. e., it distinguishes “personality”…”

“that: Eze 18:7; Mat 7:21-27; Luk 11:28; Joh 13:17, Joh 15:14; Phi 4:9; Jam 2:17; Jo1 3:22; Rev 22:14 eaten: Eze 18:6, Eze 18:15; Kg1 13:8, Kg1 13:22 Ezekiel 18:12”