Ezekiel 18:12

“Hath oppressed the poor and needy, &c.] Who are weak, and have none to help them, and stand by them, and so are oppressed by such a man. This serves to explain the clause, in (<261807>Ezekiel 18:7); hath spoiled by violence; his neighbour’s goods; taken them away from him by force: hath not restored the pledge; to the borrower before sunset, but kept it for his own use; taking the advantage of the poverty of him that borrowed of him: and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols; whether of the Gentiles, or of the house of Israel: hath committed abomination; either idolatry, the sin just before mentioned, which was an abomination to the Lord; or else approaching to a menstruous woman, since this…”

“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.”

“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”…”

“oppressed: Eze 18:7, Eze 18:16; Hos 12:7; Amo 4:1; Zac 7:10; Jam 2:6 hath committed: Eze 18:6, Eze 8:6, Eze 8:17; Lev 18:22, Lev 18:26-30; Kg2 21:11, Kg2 23:13 Ezekiel 18:13”