3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
3 "As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
3 As I live, declares the Lord GOD, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel.
3 "As sure as I'm the living God, you're not going to repeat this saying in Israel any longer.
3 "As I live," says the Lord God, "you shall no longer use this proverb in Israel.
3 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb anymore in Israel.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 18:3
Commentary on Ezekiel 18:1-20
(Read Ezekiel 18:1-20)
The soul that sinneth it shall die. As to eternity, every man was, is, and will be dealt with, as his conduct shows him to have been under the old covenant of works, or the new covenant of grace. Whatever outward sufferings come upon men through the sins of others, they deserve for their own sins all they suffer; and the Lord overrules every event for the eternal good of believers. All souls are in the hand of the great Creator: he will deal with them in justice or mercy; nor will any perish for the sins of another, who is not in some sense worthy of death for his own. We all have sinned, and our souls must be lost, if God deal with us according to his holy law; but we are invited to come to Christ. If a man who had shown his faith by his works, had a wicked son, whose character and conduct were the reverse of his parent's, could it be expected he should escape the Divine vengeance on account of his father's piety? Surely not. And should a wicked man have a son who walked before God as righteous, this man would not perish for his father's sins. If the son was not free from evils in this life, still he should be partaker of salvation. The question here is not about the meritorious ground of justification, but about the Lord's dealings with the righteous and the wicked.