17That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 10-20)God, by the prophet, having laid down the general rule of judgment, that he will render eternal life to those that patiently continue in well-doing , but indignation and wrath to those that do not obey the truth , but obey unrighteousness ( Rom. 2:7 , 8 ), comes, in these verses, to show that men’s parentage and relation shall not alter the case either one way or other. I. He applied it largely an...
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