John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 18:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But if the wicked, &c.] So far is the Lord from punishing the sins of one man upon another, that he will not punish a man for his own sins: if he will turn from all his sins that he hath committed: if he truly repents of them, and thoroughly forsakes them; for it must not be one sin only, but all; every sin is to be loathed and mourned over, and sorrow expressed for it, and to be forsaken; not one sin is to cherished and retained, but all to be relinquished: or the repentance and conversion may be justly questioned whether they be sincere: and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right; as the repentance and turning from sin must be general, so also obedience to the commands of God, both moral and positive; respect is to be had to all his ordinances, which are all of them to be esteemed as right and lawful, and to be observed: this is bringing forth fruits meet for repentance: he shall surely live, he shall not die; he shall live in his own land, and not go into captivity. Kimchi’s note is, he shall live in this world, and not die in the world to come; so Ben Melech.

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